One-time queen of the Adelaide property market Cathy Jayne Pearce is getting back into the business that made her a millionaire. Also in today’s Off The Record — details of a Liberal takeover in the city and star recruits for Police Minister Corey Wingard.
Harry and Meghan have been credited for the upswing in support for the monarchy. But culprits much closer to home have actually put paid to the republican movement, writes Michael McGuire.
WHO’S the new lobbyist in Adelaide with the pull to lure the Liberal Party’s biggest names to his launch party, which Adelaide property has plunged $1m in value and what do Christopher Pyne and Vladimir Putin have in common? It’s all Off The Record …
SOME of our state’s most powerful people maintain a low public profile but have immense influence behind the scenes. Drawing from the worlds of politics, business, law and the arts, here’s our list of the top 50 people wielding hidden power in South Australia.
THERE are signs our restrained national pride is slipping into Americanised jingoism, where it’s not enough to be proud, you also have to feel superior to others, writes Michael McGuire.
IN this week’s Off the Record, we reveal where references to political parties are cropping up in local council elections. Plus we show how Amanda Vanstone has taken on Tony Abbott and follow the rise, fall and rise again of Clive Mathieson.
AUSTRALIANS have the dubious distincion of being the biggest punters on Earth. But now, it’s starting to hurt many of us and no one’s doing anything to stop the ads that are finding new ways for us lose our cash, says Michael McGuire.
LAST week was a shambles for the government, ending with the Wentworth walloping. Trust in leaders is so low that if the PM said rain was wet, you’d stick your hand out to check, writes Michael McGuire.
A COLLISION between a cyclist and a kangaroo that left a 52-year-old man in a critical condition in hospital hasn’t surprised other riders, who say they need to be constantly vigilant for the animals.
IT’S not just the mad lefties and the bleeding hearts wanting to see the end of the Nauru disgrace, writes Michael McGuire. It’s decent humans from all sides who don’t enjoy the suffering of children.
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