The Money Movers: close, but no cigar. A number of worthy Money Moving potentials were wiped from the final Top 10 during our research. Here, we present three of the key contenders … — Tom Cowie (read the full story here)

Michael Smith lives to rant another day. Sydney shock jock Michael Smith is no fan of Julia Gillard, but he’s used her Fair Work Act to help avoid being sacked by radio station 2UE.

2UE has been trying to sack Smith, recently named The Power Index’s Megaphones rising star, over an unaired interview with former Australian Workers Union president Bob Kernohan that raised allegations about Julia Gillard’s former relationship with a union official. — Matthew Knott (read the full story here)

Trump: screw China, I’m coming to Oz. If US business tycoon Donald Trump is willing to tell Australians to “screw” China in public, as he did at an event in Sydney yesterday, what’s he willing to say in private? That’s a question a small, select group of Australians get to find out.

Members of “The Platinum Privilege” are offered a “back stage pass” to Trump’s appearance during this week’s three-day National Achiever Congress, and the opportunity to not only attend small seminar sessions with the billionaire, but to also meet the man and obtain a framed photograph of to mark the occasion. — The Power Index (read the full story here)