It's a de facto marriage made in populist heaven — the unholy union between the little Aussie huckster Dick Smith and the crass, unquestioning tabloid TV of A Current Affair.

He may or may not be selling out of Foxtel, but James Packer's record on big strategic decisions has been pretty good.

Poor Kerry would be turning in his grave, again. The word on the street – according to News Ltd reports – is that James Packer has decided to sell out of the media and spend his money on buying more casinos.

Undeterred by the ratings flop that was MTR, Andrew Bolt will soon launch his first foray into the Sydney talkback radio market alongside fellow conservative crusader Steve Price.

There are many words that can be used to describe Julian Assange's television debut overnight – which kicked off with an interview with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah – but the best of all them would be 'scripted'.

Despite receiving over $100 million in government handouts, Max Yasuda has presided over plummeting sales and retrenched 350 workers at Altona, the company's biggest car manufacturing plant.

Lisa Gray overcame the cynicism of her 10,000 staff about the bank’s new business strategy with a mixture of courage and naivety.

Bob Brown ends his long and successful parliamentary career with the Greens at the peak of their power.

Incoming Greens leader Christine Milne has made building alliances with the business community and rural and regional Australia her top priority.

He's the states' rights champion who (unsuccessfully) challenged Kevin Rudd's stimulus package in the High Court. Now, legal academic and ex-National Party officer Bryan Pape is the man behind the latest bid to have the carbon tax deemed unconstitutional.