February
Forget donations. This is where the major parties make millions
Both major parties run “forums” that give executives and lobbyists access to ministers and shadow ministers based on the subscription tier they subscribe to.
January
Who’s really in and who’s out at the AO women’s final
Australia’s movers and shakers once more opened their social year in style, enjoying one of the true spectacles of global sport at the Australian Open.
MaxCap investor groups face off over stalled Byron Bay project
The private credit firm is contemplating selling the development site in a move it has warned could mean one group of investors will end up losing its money.
March 2024
Dirty Harrys: Triguboff faces final stand against Seidler synagogue
Among Sydney’s property-obsessed hoi polloi, a showdown between Harry Seidler and Harry Triguboff was always going to make headlines.
January 2024
Albanese urged to lift rent assistance to ease cost of living
Developers, housing groups and think tanks say the government should increase the federal rent assistance scheme and reignite home building.
December 2023
Rich Lister Harry Triguboff books 9 per cent dip in profit
Mr Triguboff’s Meriton Properties’ bottom line profit fell 9 per cent to $290 million, as income apartment sales dipped and management costs rose.
Harry Triguboff comes up against the Harry Seidler legacy
The billionaire Meriton founder is opposing heritage protection of a Bondi synagogue designed by Australia’s most famous modernist architect.
September 2023
54 years on, Harry Triguboff finally makes his mark in Melbourne
The 298-room apartment hotel on King Street in Melbourne CBD’s - the Sydney property developer’s first foray in Victoria – has opened its doors.
Meriton swoops on $50m Sydney site as receivership sales flood market
More than one in 10 development sites for sale in western Sydney are being sold by receivers, Peter Vines of Ray White Commercial says.
New housing starts plunge 23pc as biggest builders struggle
The worst has passed for Australia’s home builders, but it’s not clear whether the demand is there to get the sector moving again.
90yo Harry Triguboff kicks off $400m hotel expansion
Meriton will open its first Melbourne hotel on September 26 after launching in Canberra in August. A second Melbourne hotel is “on the cards”.
May 2023
If Rich Listers had to start over in 2023, what would they do?
We asked 10 Rich Listers, Young Rich Listers and notable entrepreneurs to gaze into the future and imagine they were building their careers from scratch now.
The biggest hits (and misses) from 40 years of the Rich List
Corporate raiders, post-war migrants, tech booms and busts – the annual scorecard of our most wealthy charts the ups and downs of Australian entrepreneurialism.
April 2023
Property Council hires former adversary
It’s not every day a lobby group appoints someone to a position previously used to kibosh that person’s policy initiatives.
March 2023
Details of guests, staff affected by data hack at Meriton Suites
The hotel business of Australia’s sixth-richest person, Harry Triguboff, has been hit by cybercrime.
Triguboff’s 90th birthday party draws pollies and property tycoons
In the shadows of Meriton tower in central Sydney on Saturday, dozens of guests ascended the steps of Town Hall to celebrate property mogul and long-time Financial Review Rich Lister Harry Triguboff’s 90th birthday.
10 of the best opinion reads from this week
From Nouriel Roubini’s inflation warnings to the RBA’s 10th interest rate rise and possible pause to leaked details about Australia’s AUKUS submarine deal. Here are 10 thoughtful opinion pieces from the past week.
The ‘impossible’ Harry Triguboff turns 90
Australia’s most prolific apartment developer now spends less time on individual projects, and more time thinking about the future of a Meriton without him.
November 2022
High-rise Harry ups his game as Meriton gets iCIRT rated
If the federal government can achieve its goal of a million new homes in five years, the building quality in NSW, at least, will be better.
May 2022
Total Rich List wealth soars past half a trillion dollars
With 137 billionaires on the list, it’s a record year for wealth creation as the gap widens between the top of the table and the rest.