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Christopher Skase

October

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Chanticleer’s 10 legends of marvellous Melbourne

Melbourne has always been Chanticleer’s spiritual home. As part of the column’s 50-year celebrations, we name 10 big characters from the past five decades. 

  • James Thomson

June

‘Stories were dropping out of trees’: The roaring ’90s

The choice of a new Chanticleer columnist is a tricky task, writes former Financial Review editor Colleen Ryan.

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  • Colleen Ryan

October 2023

James Mawhinney during Mayfair 101’s heyday.

James Mawhinney makes ‘fighting misinformation’ his next big thing

The Mayfair 101 founder is dealing with a lot, but is nothing if not incorrigible.

  • Myriam Robin

February 2022

John Malouf had a ringside seat at the $3.1 billion collapse of the State Bank of South Australia in 1992.

‘Don’t have state banks’, says man who witnessed black day for SA

John Malouf, chief executive of the finance company arm of the State Bank of South Australia, had a ringside seat at its $3.1 billion collapse in 1992.

  • Andrew Clark

December 2020

Artwork by Mario Carpe

A look back at Australia’s most fabulous parties

With big parties yet to make a comeback from COVID, AFR Magazine remembers the greatest events of all time – including the night Grace Jones turned up.

  • Matthew Drummond, Lauren Sams, Philippa Coates and Julie-anne Sprague

October 2020

The Superba Parade residence last traded for $10 million in 2017.

Sydney home of international fugitive hits market for $9m

Michael Menghong Gu fled his Mosman residence just weeks after his property empire, iProsperity, collapsed with debts mounting to as much as $350 million.

  • Lucy Macken

August 2020

John Price: hardly left the building.

John Price's ASIC departure less than total

Price is already working as a consultant to the regulator he just left.

  • Myriam Robin

January 2020

Former industry minister, and later Qld premier, Rob Borbidge.

When another Asian nation's investments ruffled feathers

Angst about Chinese investment makes headlines now, but declassified Cabinet documents show a time when Japan was unnerving locals.

  • Liam Walsh

December 2019

Mayfair 101’s James Mawhinney.

'I'm no Skase': Inside Mayfair's investment pitch

Low interest rates and mistrust of the banking sector is allowing new operators like Mayfair 101 to cheaply fund speculative investments.

  • Jonathan Shapiro and Liam Walsh

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