| Good afternoon, Bids to appoint four new Chinese-backed directors to the board of the rare earths miner Northern Minerals have been rejected as investors delivered a first strike against remuneration. Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson is meeting with ‘detractors’ and the airline is rolling out craft gins and even Campari as it nears pre-Covid customer satisfaction levels. Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue has lobbed sensational claims against his company’s former chief scientist and senior lieutenant, alleging their start-up engaged in “industrial-scale misuse” of confidential information. | 