October 29, 2025

Corporate Australia is finally stirring from its decade-long nap in the soft pillows of virtue signalling. A boardroom revolt by the ASX leadership against ever increasing demands by their own inclusivity diversity reporting committee signalled a return to sanity — a recognition that profit, not progressive politics, is what keeps the wheels of commerce turning. Shareholders, not activists, are now back in charge, and the era of corporate moral theatre is being shown the door.