Stephen Mayne
Journalist and Crikey founder @MayneReport
Stephen Mayne founded Crikey in February 2000, and has remained as a contributor since selling it in 2005. He’s a former political staffer and local government councillor who also pursues shareholder advocacy as a two-time former director of the Australian Shareholders’ Association. He also spent two years working for the Alliance for Gambling Reform.
Crikey's founder has a direct interaction with the most powerful man in the media world.
Crikey's founder details how and why this whole crazy venture came about.
What did Crikey look like on Valentine's Day 2000?
News Corp columnists keep telling us that Murdoch is no control freak -- so why are they so reluctant to criticise their boss?
There are no limits as to who can give money to Australia's political parties, and only donations over $12,400 have to be reported. Here are some of the companies that helped elect Tony Abbott.
Crikey's founder draws some interesting parallels between Jeff Kennett and Campbell Newman's defamation lawsuit.
Two Liberal party stalwarts, shock jock Alan Jones and New Hope Coal chairman Robert Millner, are at political loggerheads over the looming Queensland election.
Calm down -- privatising some state assets does not mean Bjelke-Petersen-style brown paper bags of cash.
Companies are meant to disclose the remuneration packages of their key management personnel. The problem is, it is up to the companies themselves to decide who qualifies.
It took Anthony Catalano just five years to make $25 million out of Fairfax. But shareholders haven't been given the full details, writes Stephen Mayne.
