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Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Communications Minister Michelle Rowland.

Chalmers, Labor leave bookmaking giant in the cold

The lobbyists for Sportsbet keep getting blackballed from Labor minister cash-for-access events.

Yesterday

Macquarie Bank’s got a growing list of relationships among executives.

Millionaire’s factory? Macquarie is a hotbed of office romance

Macquarie Capital’s Asia Pacific chief Tim Joyce has made complete disclosures to continue his relationship with a former direct report.

This Month

Milkrun founder Dany Milham (in blue jacket) with staff.

So who founded Milkrun anyway?

The legendary start-up has two new co-founders in David Berger and Nathan Besser, raising eyebrows among loyal staff who recall Dany Milham as their first boss.

Richard White.

Richard White’s new entourage has an unlikely retail heir

WiseTech’s largest shareholder continues to attract a new brand of hanger-on.

January

Rebekah Giles with former Tabcorp chief executive Adam Rytenskild at the the Fair Work Commission.

Rebekah Giles adds to her bulging workload

The lawyer has shown up on an arcane racing body created to negotiate revenue from Tabcorp.

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Embattled Mineral Resources founder Chris Ellison.

ASIC descends on MinRes and Ellison

The corporate watchdog has issued notices to MinRes founder Chris Ellison and chief financial officer Mark Wilson forcing them to sit with investigators.

Sportsbet CEO Barni Evans with former second-in-command Tania Abbotto at the parliamentary inquiry into online gambling.

Death of DEI won’t stop Sportsbet’s Barni Evans

Australia’s largest online gambling company seems intent on rainbow washing away the misery.

The Gulfstream G700 spotted in Southampton in late December, carrying the registration of Frank Lowy.

Frank Lowy trades up to private jet favoured by Bezos, Zuckerberg

The Westfield patriarch’s tail number was recently spotted on a top-of-line Gulfstream G700.

Former Carlton president Luke Sayers with the man now rumoured to replace him, Josh Frydenberg, in 2019.

Sayers Group considers name change amid lewd photo scandal

The firm was built around Sayer’s personal brand and gathered high-profile Melbourne businesses identities to bankroll the venture when it launched.

Luke Sayers has stepped down as president of Carlton Football Club.

Sayers steps down from Carlton after ‘very tough’ few weeks

Luke Sayers has stepped down as Carlton president and said he would take time off work after a “very tough” period that followed a post of a penis on his X account.

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December 2024

The Year of Brilliant Jerks: Rear Window’s year in review

Trump, Ellison, White, Adgemis, Gupta and that Rinehart portrait. For Rear Window, the end of shame and pretense added up to a ripping year of stories.

Former Qantas chairman Richard Goyder arriving for his farewell at Capella in Sydney.

Qantas says goodbye to Richard Goyder

The former chairman was toasted by his board, exiting with free flights and a bruised reputation.

Racing NSW boss Peter V’landys at inquiry into the potential sale of Rosehill racecourse on August 9.

Peter V’landys bogged down in a multibillion-dollar property play

The influential CEO of Racing NSW is staring down allegations aired confidentially by purported whistleblowers to a parliamentary inquiry.

NRL bosses Andrew Abdo and Peter V’Landys.

The NRL goes down a fourth CFO in four years

The rugby league keeps chewing up and spitting out finance chiefs.

Mineral Resources chairman James McClements speaks at the AGM.

MinRes chairman’s private equity firm scores big cash gift

James McClements’ Resource Capital Funds was given a $116 million handout from Australia’s “green bank”.

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People lay flowers at the Adass Israel synagogue in Ripponlea on Sunday.

HSF in damage control after M&A partner’s ‘deeply offensive’ tweet

Herbert Smith Freehills has started an internal investigation after a tweet directed at Jeremy Leibler.

Inside The Ivy Level 6 penthouse, where UBS didn’t want to be.

UBS, Citi, ANZ and CBA navigate fraught Christmas parties

The investment bankers of Sydney held their year-end dos against a backdrop of complex contextual matters.

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson arrives to speak at the event in Sydney on Friday.

Boris Johnson’s mispriced Australian tour fizzles out

The former UK prime minister is no longer hot property on the corporate speaking circuit.

The public art and Gina Rinehart.

A mystery bidder, Gina Rinehart and Brisbane’s missing public artwork

The Hopoate Fingers is Brisbane’s most beloved public artwork. Will it fall into moneyed hands?

Rupert Murdoch, centre, and his wife Elena Zhukova Murdoch, arrive at the Reno courthouse.

Rupert Murdoch makes surprise Australian homecoming

The “retired” media mogul has made his first trip Down Under in many years.

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