Jeff Lawrence’s War on Everything. Watch out Paul Howes: your status as the biggest loudmouth in the Australian union movement is under threat. ACTU boss Jeff Lawrence — a man once criticised as being too “low profile” and “not sufficiently dynamic or media-friendly” — is fired up, making new enemies by the day and dominating the headlines.

In the past week Lawrence has laid into Reserve Bank boss Glenn Stevens, the Productivity Commission, the Henry Tax Review, high income earners and a former comedian from The Chaser. To keep up, The Power Index offers the following rundown of those who’ve been “Jeffed”. — Matthew Knott (read more here)

Tiger Airways: the CEO graveyard. Tiger Airways is burning through Australian CEOs even quicker than Japan is with prime ministers — and that’s saying something.

CEO Tony Davis quit the embattled airline after less than two months in the job yesterday, marking the third CEO departure in the airline’s short and troubled Australian history. — Angela Priestley (read the rest here)

Chau Chak Wing: our most prolific political donor. Money can’t always buy happiness but, as property developer and newspaper tycoon Chau Chak Wing has learnt, it can help give you remarkable access to Australia’s most powerful politicians.

Treasurer Wayne Swan arrives in China for a one-day visit on Wednesday and will spend half the time opening a lavish new convention and entertainment centre owned by the secretive billionaire. — Matthew Knott (read the rest here)