28 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Canberra may be full of this new-fangled talk about togetherness and inclusion, but thankfully some parts of the principality retain an understanding of the more physical elements of statesmanship.
28 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
The global financial crisis may be over, but some of its victims are still paying the price . . . deserving sorts like Macquarie chief Nicholas Moore. He was forced to let 170,000 options lapse on August 1 merely because they were $5.7 million out of the money.
28 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
The principality has been heaving sighs of relief now that the election is over and our future is
28 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
It was Groucho Marx who said he didn't care to belong "to any club that will have me as a member".
28 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Love and universal brotherhood is a wonderful thing in a government, so the principality owes a great debt to the architect of the new political climate, independent Tony Windsor.
28 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
How long before we are back in election mode? The Australian Electoral Commission stands ready for another election any time - unless it clashes with the Canberra Show.
21 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
In the grubby business of statesmanship, acts of true heroism can still stir even the Prince's jaded heart. Tony Abbott is throwing himself on the grenade. He's doing it for all of us.
21 August 2010 | Prince | The Australian Financial Review
What are the cheapest shares ever offered in a capital raising? If anyone can beat $0.0008, or less than one-tenth of a cent, The Prince would like to hear about it.
21 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
The sales campaign will shortly be relaunched for an ordinary little sushi shop in the Sydney CBD which has two spacious bank vaults in the basement.
21 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Kevin Rudd won't be the only one watching the household budget after downgrading to a backbencher's pay. Ingeus, the training company of his wife,
21 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
As one election draws to a close with Greens and independents giving the ruling Labor Party the fright of its life, another hoves into view.
14 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
An increasing number of the top people at the Reserve Bank of Australia seem to be focused on Securency, the subsidiary that faces allegations of bribing Third World central bankers to win sales of its banknote plastic.
14 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
The superstitious would say the site is cursed. The numbers stack up well for a half-completed apartment complex in Sydney's waterfront suburb of Abbotsford for sale by the mortgagee, but nobody is buying.
14 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Polite communication is a failing art in the principality, so it's important to honour those who make their point in a modest, unobtrusive way.cludes with a cheery recommendation that the association be dissolved - do they think that's a terrific idea, or what?
14 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
As ALP organisers prepare for the campaign launch in Brisbane on Monday, the big question is not just where to sit former prime minister turned self-appointed saviour Kevin Rudd, but also the unpopular Queensland Premier.
14 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Just another seven sleeps until Prime Minister Tony comes into his own and is finally recognised as the international statesman he is. The Abbott era will usher in a new sartorial scene in Canberra - it's hard to underestimate the implications of a leader who understand the importance of beachware.
14 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
As any Princeling knows, handling other people's money can often be more profitable than having one's own. Commonwealth Bank of Australia boss Ralph Norris would no doubt agree with this maxim following his outfit's $6 billion belch at this past week's profit announcement.
07 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
One of the things that distinguishes life in an ordered principality from swinging in the trees or crawling out of the swamp is the idea of chains of command. There are people you report to. This is related to another great idea: distinct legal entities.
07 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
It's always inspiring, the way election campaigns give the people a voice. And it has given an especially loud voice to those citizens who believe in the right to sell cigarettes without let or hindrance.
07 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Some corporations cultivate moral excellence. Call the Prince old-fashioned, but he has always had a special regard for modesty.
07 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
As the dust settles on another failed prosecution this week by Western Australia's powerful Corruption and Crime Commission, an interesting note pertaining to the investigative methods of the anti-corruption watchdog has landed on the Prince's desk.
07 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
The Prince is wondering whether he will live long enough to see the final outcome of the latest set of legal woes facing Bank of Queensland. Ever the optimist, he has his 10-year diary out and is quietly confident.
31 July 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
While property group Stockland prepares to face investors with its full-year results, managing director Matthew Quinn is ready to do a little bit of bricks and mortar work on his own account.
31 July 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
The crackdown on knives and knuckledusters has mercifully simplified the seating plan for the Labor Party election launch on August 8, though security will be watching for any back play and illegal spear tackles.
31 July 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
In politics and principalities, some truths are self evident. This week we learned once more that a leak is a long time in politics.
31 July 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
You know the problem - you're running late for something important, but where to find a spot in a crowded car park? But you know there's always one empty car bay.
31 July 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Two premiers, three transport ministers, five years and $1.3 billion ago the Victorian Government set out with a modest ambition to replace its long-serving and successful network of tram conductors and station attendants with an automatic ticketing system.
