The hefty pay packets of CEOs is becoming harder and harder to justify
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The hefty pay packets of CEOs is becoming harder and harder to justify

While it’s logical that a position such as CEO deserves higher pay than other roles,the disparity is getting harder to stomach.

  • byVictoria Devine

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Tesla doubles down on Musk’s $87b pay package,dismissing court ruling

Tesla doubles down on Musk’s $87b pay package,dismissing court ruling

The electric carmaker will ask shareholders to vote again on massive compensation package for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk that was nixed by a Delaware court early this year.

  • byDana Hull andAnders Melin
The government utility bosses earning more than WA’s premier just got a pay rise

The government utility bosses earning more than WA’s premier just got a pay rise

The chief executives of the state’s power generation,transmission and water utilities can now earn up to $776,000 a year after a 4 per cent pay rise.

  • byPeter Milne
The $459,056 salary at centre of Sydney Metro executive scandal

The $459,056 salary at centre of Sydney Metro executive scandal

Transport agencies have been fighting the release of details about investigations into allegations involving senior executives.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan andNigel Gladstone
Macquarie’s $58 million man leaves for greener pastures

Macquarie’s $58 million man leaves for greener pastures

Nick O’Kane became a human headline last year when he pocketed more than Macquarie chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake,who made a (relatively) more modest $32.8 million.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Controversy surrounds law firm CEO’s $63 million payday

Controversy surrounds law firm CEO’s $63 million payday

Corrs Chambers Westgarth’s partners will be asked to approve a pay deal this week granting CEO Gavin MacLaren a yearly salary of more than $7 million for the next nine years.

  • byElizabeth Knight
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‘Deeply flawed’:Judge quashes Elon Musk’s $78 billion Tesla pay package

‘Deeply flawed’:Judge quashes Elon Musk’s $78 billion Tesla pay package

The Tesla CEO suffered a stunning rebuke this week when a US judge voided the pay package that helped make him a billionaire many times over and the world’s wealthiest man.

  • byJack Ewing andPeter Eavis
$750,000 for a $500,000 job:the lavish salaries planned for Metro staff
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$750,000 for a $500,000 job:the lavish salaries planned for Metro staff

Eighteen executives were in line for salaries up to 68 per cent higher than their public-sector peers for similar roles.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Sydney gridlocked but fat cat pay rises keep moving

Sydney gridlocked but fat cat pay rises keep moving

Transport for NSW executive salaries have surged. The number of employees earning more than $150,000 has ballooned by more than two-thirds,but the roads they are responsible for will be gridlocked over the festival holiday season.

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Warning:Big super wants changes boards won’t like
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Warning:Big super wants changes boards won’t like

It is not exactly open warfare,but the country’s biggest industry super funds are flexing the muscles that are constantly pumped up by growth in funds under management.

  • byElizabeth Knight
‘Serious misconduct’:Former BP chief takes a $62m hit for misleading board

‘Serious misconduct’:Former BP chief takes a $62m hit for misleading board

The British oil giant concluded that former chief Bernard Looney had knowingly misled the board over a string of personal relationships with colleagues.

  • byLaura Hurst