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Boral CEO Mike Kane in 2014. (Image: APP/Dan Himbrechts)

The 2019 Crikey Business Awards

Who is on Crikey's Business Awards list this year — and more importantly, have they been naughty or nice?

Only Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson (right) was game enough to raise the issue of political donations by the big four.

If only the big four consulting firms loved transparency as much as schmoozing politicians

Some of our biggest political donors and key policy advisers operate without the kind of basic transparency that we expect of corporations.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg (Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas)

Frydenberg confirms a full decade of wage stagnation as he slashes surplus

The Morrison government has been forced to recognise the stagnation it is presiding over, slashing wage growth forecasts and revealing big cuts to its forecast budget surpluses.

Westpac Acting CEO Peter King (Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas)

Westpac's grovelling apology letter the latest in a long line of full-page mea culpas

Westpac has taken out full-page ads in newspapers around the country to apologise for betraying community trust. It's a strategy as old as time... but does it actually work?

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The last great central banker dies

Unlike virtually all other Fed members, who essentially act as representatives of the big banks, Paul Volcker was wise to the role the banking sector plays in the economy.

Business Council of Australia President Tim Reed (Image: AAP/Steven Saphore)

Business Council members still shirking their tax obligations

The Business Council of Australia constantly demands cuts to company tax — but its members use tax lurks to pay well below full freight when it comes to their tax obligations.

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What will Morrison's bushfire moment be?

If a city blanketed in smoke can't shift Scott Morrison's climate denialism, what will? Perhaps trade sanctions against Australia.

Image: AAP/Joe Castro

Retail recession leaves workers adrift on a sea of government indifference

Retail chain Harris Scarfe going into administration — the latest in a long list of shuttered retailers — illustrates the cost of the government's do-nothing economic policy.

(Image: AAP/Joel Carrett)

Westpac should be compensating its BT victims

Westpac should be compensating the thousands of BT Financial clients who have been overcharged for poor performance — and other banks should be following suit.

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Sex workers are facing financial discrimination from our biggest institutions

Australian sex workers are having their accounts cancelled and services blocked without explanation, forcing them into vulnerable or unsafe financial situations. And the industry says it's happening more and more.