AFR magazine reveals Australia’s most powerful people

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AFR magazine reveals Australia’s most powerful people

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has topped The Australian Financial Review Magazine’s Overt Power List, while Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Philip Gaetjens has topped the Covert Power List.

The Power issue of AFR Magazine is available today in The Australian Financial Review and will also appear on www.afr.com. It offers in-depth analysis of the trends behind the lists and profiles of Australia’s most powerful people.

“Now in its 19th year, AFR Magazine’s Power issue is the definitive analysis of who’s really running Australia,” said AFR Magazine Editor Matthew Drummond. “This year’s lists reflect the strong grip on power that Scott Morrison has obtained following his surprise election win.”

OVERT POWER LIST

Scott Morrison, Prime Minister
Josh Frydenberg, Federal Treasurer
Gladys Berejiklian, NSW Premier
Philip Lowe, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia
Anthony Albanese, Opposition Leader
Peter Dutton, Home Affairs Minister
Mike Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian co-founder and co-CEO
Jacquie Lambie and Senate Crossbenchers Independent Politician
Rod Sims, ACCC chair
Ita Buttrose, ABC chair

COVERT POWER LIST

Philip Gaetjens, Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
John Kunkel, Scott Morrison’s chief of staff
Mathias Cormann, Federal Finance Minister
Yaron Finklestein, Scott Morrison’s principal private secretary
Nick Warner, Director-General of National Intelligence
Rupert Murdoch, News Corp owner
Andrew Hirst, Liberal Party Director
Catherine Livingstone, Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Alan Joyce, Qantas CEO
Ian Silk, AustralianSuper CEO

The full Overt and Covert Power Lists are currently available online at www.afr.com. They, along with the Cultural Power List, appear inside the Power issue of AFR Magazine, available in the Financial Review today, Friday October 4.

The full Power issue also ranks and reveals the key movers and shakers across politics, business, investment banking, property, sport, technology and education.