Clive Mathieson
Clive Mathieson started journalism at The Advertiser in Adelaide in the same 1992 cadet intake as the editor of this esteemed organ (which goes some way towards explaining how he became a Punch contributor).
Quite by accident, he ended up in the business section, just in time for the start of 17 years of economic sunshine. In 1996, he moved to The Australian in Sydney, covering, among other things, the privatisation of Telstra and the early flush of the dot-com boom.
In 1999, he moved to the business section of The Times of London. Using a plummy Adelaide accent to help disguise his antipodean roots, he covered The City and the spectacular rise and fall of the dot-com crowd - surely the biggest financial calamity he was likely to experience in his lifetime.
By 2002, he was back at The Australian in Sydney, working first as business editor, then deputy night editor and night editor. As fate would have it, by the middle of 2008 he was back in the financial world as the newspaper’s deputy editor (business), just in time for the end of 17 years of economic sunshine.
Articles by Clive Mathieson
A rare sighting of the lesser-spotted Kerry Stokes
Like a teenage son with busted car or a call centre operator who rings at dinner time, you only hear…... Read more
PIGS - the acronym that might fry your portfolio
There’s quite a menagerie in the stock market petting zoo. You’ve got your bulls, your bears and the occasional stag.…... Read more
Call for entries: updating the Punch business dictionary
Following the success of my colleague Paul Colgan’s call for entries to the Punch Political Dictionary, today we’re launching a…... Read more
Here comes Tony
There were lots of memorable lines in Tony Abbott’s first press conference as Liberal leader yesterday but there was one…... Read more
Getting more women on boards is good business
I don’t have the research in front of me but, anecdotally, I have noticed that women use phones, fly on…... Read more
On the pay divide, opinion counts as much as coin
Nowhere is the disconnect between the business fraternity and the wider community greater than on the issue of executive salaries.…... Read more
Cooperation with Telstra? Give us a break
“It is the government’s clear desire for Telstra to structurally separate, on a voluntary and cooperative basis.” - Communications Minister…... Read more
What Recession?
What a lovely recession we’re having. Or not having. This morning’s GDP numbers were supposed to reveal the recession was…... Read more
They rule food, grog and petrol, now it’s hardware
Were you so inclined, you’d have to work pretty hard to boycott Woolworths and Wesfarmers. For a start, it would…... Read more
Beware, the barbarians are back at the gate
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Texas Pacific, Blackstone, CVC, Carlyle, Pacific Equity Partners, Apollo. Until two years ago, these fearsome private equity…... Read more
Human nature is to be forever blowing bubbles
IT seems incredible but barely two years into the greatest depression/recession/downturn/hiccup (take your pick) the world has suffered since the…... Read more
...And Labor should nuke its hypocrisy on uranium
NOW that we’ve all accepted Peter Garrett is a monstrous sell-out, can we get back to the real debate _…... Read more
How a man’s jailing exposed China’s state-run spin
Nothing that follows is personally approved by David Penberthy or Rupert Murdoch, let alone Kevin Rudd. That’s the beauty of…... Read more
Stokes vs Packer: A media mogul death match
A brilliant strategic investment or a Machiavellian ploy, driven by revenge, to mess with the mind of a bitter enemy?…... Read more
No payrise, no rates cut, no joy for working families
No pay rise and no relief on the mortgage. It hasn’t been a banner day for Kevin Rudd’s working families.…... Read more
China will have learned from failed mega-deal
CHINA is a huge country. Its landmass is 25 per cent bigger than Australia, its economy is 10 times larger,…... Read more
Economists are full of it and the IMF doesn’t have a clue
YOU’D expect the World Bank to employ some pretty top-notch economists. The body and its 10,000 staff - including a…... Read more
Airlines are a mug’s game
“We face a fight for survival.” British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh last week. “(Qantas) faces many obstacles in surviving.”…... Read more
How did we end up with all these zeroes?
LEWIE Ranieri was one of the stars of Liar’s Poker, Michael Lewis’s fantastic expose of excess on Wall Street and…... Read more
Bastard banks making a comeback after the boom
LIKE darning socks, car-pooling and drinking instant coffee, bank bashing went out of favour when we were all getting rich…... Read more
Come back Macquarie Bank, all is forgiven
For most of this century, it’s been very hard to love Macquarie Group, as the bank is now known. It…... Read more
Deal for new Telstra boss shows how good Sol was
We always knew Sol Trujillo was a smooth talker. Now we know just how smooth. His replacement at Telstra, David…... Read more
Sue Morphet, Australian businesswoman of the year
IT was stirring stuff from ACTU president Sharan Burrow this week: ``How can the CEO of Pacific Brands take home…... Read more
What recession? It’s a pity we went and sacked everyone
WELL, that’s a blow. The worst global financial crisis for two generations and Australia can’t even muster a decent recession.…... Read more
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