Greg Medcraft must be a sucker for a challenge: he's taken the lead of Australia's corporate watchdog at a time when it desperately needs to bare its teeth, and while the markets continue to fluctuate wildly.

The competition watchdog's new chairman is no pup when it comes to law enforcement.

Last year we set out to discover Who Really Runs Australia. And now we're ready to answer the question. But don't expect it to be simple.

Andrew Scipione – the man in charge of Australia's biggest police force – isn't just a cop. He's a miracle worker.

f you’re looking for a global lawyer, Australia’s now a pretty good place to find one. By global lawyer, we mean one who’s part of a mega-behemoth law firm with thousands of lawyers, hundreds of partners, and tens of offices around the world.

Whoever coined the phrase 'there's no such thing as a free lunch', knew what they were talking about. If something is free, odds-on it's dangerous.

Craig Thomson's ongoing stoush with the media took another strange turn today, as the independent MP declared enough is enough and asked the press pack to back off from its pursuit of him.

Move over Tony Negus and Robert French -- there are some movements on the Law Enforcers power list. ASIC head Greg Medcraft, who we listed as No. 4 on the Law Enforcers list, will need to shift up a notch or two.

Lawyers will talk expressionism cubism and possibly a few other things when Mallesons Stephen Jacques marks its official merger with Chinese law firm King & Wood at a private viewing of the Picasso exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW next week.

As per usual, sports stars, artists and scientists featured heavily on this year's Australia Day honours list. But lurking amongst the deserving do-gooders were some seriously powerful players.