Emma Foster, Freelance Writer

Emma Foster
Freelance writer. Editor. Photojournalist.

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GOVERNANCE

October 1, 2024
Former US Securities and Exchange Commission head Allison Herren Lee brought ESG issues to the top of the agency’s agenda. She is now helping Australian companies to gain some perspective during a visit in September.

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Allan Davies: Rhinos on my mind

CAREER

October 1, 2023
'Never give up' is a mantra that’s stood Allan Davies OAM in good stead throughout his 50-year mining and logistics career, but never more so than in the past decade, since making it his mission to help rhinos survive.

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Governance of the Australian War Memorial is in safe hands

GOVERNACE, CAREER

August 1, 2024
COVER STORY: The stakes are high for the Australian War Memorial, known for its centrality to our collective values, understanding of ourselves and our national identity. How does the council meet its mission to safeguard the future of history?

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Keys to growth: REA Group CFO Janelle Hopkins

CAREER, FINANCE

June 16, 2024
Since Janelle Hopkins joined REA Group as CFO five years ago, the growth of the online real estate advertising company has been nothing short of stellar - and she says there's more to come.

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Powerful reset: How CFO Gary Brown led AGL's new direction

FINANCE, CAREER

June 3, 2024
Being handed a blank sheet of paper and a remit to reset the strategy of one of Australia’s largest companies is not a task often tackled by many CFOs, but that was Gary Brown’s brief soon after he joined energy provider AGL in early 2022.

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Lifelong bee obsession delivers sweet justice

SMALL BUSINESS, REGIONAL, SOCIAL

July 10, 2023
Claire Moore never imagined her lifelong bee obsession would see her end up entrenched in Victoria’s criminal justice system, for good.

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WIFEDOM
By Anna Funder
The result of author Anna Funder’s plunge into the historical “black box” of George Orwell's wife Eileen O'Shaughnessy is a biography quite unlike any I’ve ever read. > MORE

BODIES OF LIGHT
by Jennifer Down
Bodies of Light is a compelling masterwork in the effects of trauma, painting a portrait of a protagonist dealt a distressing hand of life cards, and her quest to start life over and leave her pain behind. > MORE

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE
By Anthony Doerr
Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize winning 2014 novel All The Light We Cannot See is a captivating story celebrating the small triumphs scattered among the tragedies experienced by many during the second world war.  > MORE

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