Tag: resignation
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Dynamic duo parting ways as Farquhar reveals he’ll quit as Atlassian chief
Mr Cannon-Brookes will continue as the company’s sole chief executive, Atlassian announced in a letter to shareholders early on Friday morning AEST. Mr Farquhar will take up a special advisor role and remain a member of the company’s board. The 44-year-old said he made the decision to “spend more time with his young family, improve…
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Having created a superannuation giant, Reilly decides it’s time to pull stumps
Reilly said he would stay in place until February to allow for the transition. That would give him two years at the helm of Australia’s second-biggest superannuation fund with $260 billion in retirement savings. The fund was formed 18 months ago by the merger of SunSuper and QSuper. “This has been an enormous decision for…
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Will mining industry lose its voice when the man called ‘Chainsaw’ walks away?
Macfarlane has led the organisation through one of its most turbulent times and has drawn criticism over his leadership, particularly in taking the industry into political waters through its campaign against the Greens at a state election. That also led to BHP suspending itself from the organisation. Macfarlane took a more aggressive approach to the…
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‘No longer a judicial officer’: Judge resigns during conduct probe
Judge Timothy Heffernan was referred to the Commissioner after being the subject of a complaint about his conduct and resigned on May 17, Chief Judge Michael Evans said. Heffernan had served in the District Court, Licensing Court and Environment, Resources and Development Court. “As the Judge is no longer a judicial officer, the Judicial Conduct…
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Former Liberal minister quits party over voice rejection
Wyatt, the first Indigenous person to hold the portfolio, resigned his membership on Thursday after Liberal leader Peter Dutton on Wednesday said the party would oppose the voice to parliament. The party said that backbenchers were free to support the voice but frontbenchers were now locked in to opposing bi-partisan support for the move, which…
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What Jacinda told Albo: Outgoing New Zealand PM told select few she was quitting
Hands in pockets, sneakers on her feet, Ardern’s relief was obvious on Friday morning, a day after she shocked the world by walking away from her job as New Zealand’s prime minister. “I’ll have to admit I slept well for the first time in a long time last night,” she said at Hawke’s Bay airport,…
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Bye, bye Boris: UK looks to future after Johnson quits
Bowing to the inevitable as more than 50 government ministers and aides quit and MPs called for his head, an isolated and powerless Johnson said it was clear his party wanted someone else in charge. He described his forced departure as “eccentric” and the result of “herd instinct” in parliament. “Today I have appointed a…
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Adrian Di Marco to hand over control of Tech One
Di Marco will step down from the company on June 30 and hand the reins to Pat O’Sullivan, the company’s current deputy chair. O’Sullivan will be a non-executive chair so the day to day running will fall to well regarded chief executive Edward Chung. TechnologyOne was one of the first tech companies to list on…
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Stepanov says integrity office ‘vulnerable’, blames public service watchdog
Dr Nikola Stepanov, who maintains the register of lobbyists and provides politicians with confidential integrity advice, announced her resignation last week midway through a three-year term. Her decision comes with the Crime and Corruption Commission reportedly probing a complaint Dr Stepanov made against the PSC for seizing a laptop from her office and then wiping…
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Noose tightens on Boris as former advisor says he lied about party
Johnson faces the gravest crisis of his tenure after revelations about gatherings during lockdowns, some when people in England could not even bid farewell in person to dying relatives and the Queen was mourning her husband. Propelled into the top job to “get Brexit done,” Johnson won his party’s biggest majority in more than 30…