Sean Smith

Perth

Senior Business Reporter at The West Australian

Senior business writer, The West Australian.

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Superannuation wealth tax ‘a threat’ to funding of new unicorns as Escalante moves to mop up VGW

1 week ago | thewest.com.au | Sean Smith

The Federal Government’s proposed wealth tax on superannuation has been described as a threat to the emergence of unicorns such as Laurence Escalante’s WA-based gaming group Virtual Gaming Worlds. With many investors funding plays such as VGW from their self-managed super funds, the earnings hit on super balances over $3 million is seen potentially depriving start-ups of a key source of development capital.
Diversity, proxy advisers and the Canberra vision vacuum: What’s the view from inside WA boardrooms?

1 month ago | thewest.com.au | Sean Smith

Diversity, proxy advisers and the Canberra vision vacuum: What’s the view from inside WA boardrooms? Main Image: Mark Rigotti, Frank Cooper, Alex Atkins, Russell Clark, Jenny Seabrook, Rick Crabb and Sally Langer at the Australian Institute of Company Directors roundtable. Credit: Danella Bevis/The West Australian
Diversity, proxy advisers and the Canberra vision vacuum: What’s the view from inside WA boardrooms?

1 month ago | albanyadvertiser.com.au | Sean Smith

Diversity, proxy advisers and the Canberra vision vacuum: What’s the view from inside WA boardrooms? Main Image: Mark Rigotti, Frank Cooper, Alex Atkins, Russell Clark, Jenny Seabrook, Rick Crabb and Sally Langer at the Australian Institute of Company Directors roundtable. Credit: Danella Bevis/The West Australian
Sean Smith: Woodside AGM is good theatre, but are the annual protests actually achieving anything?

1 month ago | thewest.com.au | Sean Smith

Sean Smith: Woodside AGM is good theatre, but are the annual protests actually achieving anything?
AFL chair Richard Goyder hoses down talk of the code lobbying against WA NRL team

1 month ago | thewest.com.au | Sean Smith

AFL chair Richard Goyder hoses down talk of the code lobbying against WA NRL team
AFL chair Richard Goyder hoses down talk of the code lobbying against WA NRL team

1 month ago | albanyadvertiser.com.au | Sean Smith

The West Australian exclusiveAFL chair Richard Goyder hoses down talk of the code lobbying against WA NRL team
NAB settles investor nerves with first-half profit growth, despite tariffs uncertainty, margin pressure

1 month ago | thewest.com.au | Sean Smith

NAB has reassured nervous banking investors with a small increase in first-half profit that was boosted by better home and business lending, despite the unsettling global trade tensions. The lender’s cash earnings for the six months to the end of March came in better than expected at $3.58 billion, up just one per cent as tighter margins held revenue growth to 1.7 per cent.
WiseTech’s Richard White dimisses tariffs ‘noise’, promises ‘top quality’ corporate governance

1 month ago | thewest.com.au | Sean Smith |Jackson Hewett

WiseTech Global founder Richard White insists the “noise” around US President Donald Trump’s tariffs should not overshadow the company’s prospects, even as the group warned it could face a tougher second half of the year. The logistics software group, which last week confirmed it was eyeing its biggest ever acquisition, told investors on Tuesday it was facing potential “headwinds for the remainder of 2025”, linked partly to the tariffs and geopolitical uncertainty.
RAC moves at last to modernise corporate governance with big changes to governing body

1 month ago | thewest.com.au | Sean Smith

RAC moves at last to modernise corporate governance with big changes to governing body
Wesfarmers shares hit a new peak ahead of Reserve Bank interest rate call

1 month ago | thewest.com.au | Sean Smith

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Articles

Superannuation wealth tax ‘a threat’ to funding of new unicorns as Escalante moves to mop up VGW

Diversity, proxy advisers and the Canberra vision vacuum: What’s the view from inside WA boardrooms?

Diversity, proxy advisers and the Canberra vision vacuum: What’s the view from inside WA boardrooms?

Sean Smith: Woodside AGM is good theatre, but are the annual protests actually achieving anything?

AFL chair Richard Goyder hoses down talk of the code lobbying against WA NRL team

AFL chair Richard Goyder hoses down talk of the code lobbying against WA NRL team

NAB settles investor nerves with first-half profit growth, despite tariffs uncertainty, margin pressure

WiseTech’s Richard White dimisses tariffs ‘noise’, promises ‘top quality’ corporate governance

RAC moves at last to modernise corporate governance with big changes to governing body

Wesfarmers shares hit a new peak ahead of Reserve Bank interest rate call

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