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Lindsay Fox

September

John Sutherland is the manager of Crown Resorts’ Capital Golf Club in Melbourne. Capital was bought by Crown in 2013.

Blackstone’s Crown Resorts mulls sale of luxury Melbourne golf course

The 18-hole Capital is one of the country’s most private and catered exclusively for the casino group’s high rollers. Now wealthy businessmen want to revive it.

  • Zoe Samios
The BCA dinner is It is also the opportunity for the Prime Minister to take on the big economic reform challenges, such as tax reform and boosting productivity called for by Bill Kelty.

Kelty condemns Labor failure on economic growth

Trailblazing former union leader Bill Kelty says the Albanese government has no plan for economic growth and no appetite for the big reforms to secure Australia’s future.

  • Jennifer Hewett

August

Armaguard is the only major provider of cash in transit services after it merged with Prosegur last year.

Banks, supermarkets prep Armaguard contingency plans

ACCC deputy chairman Mick Keogh said it was “important that the parties continue their discussions” over cash transit services.

  • Lucas Baird

June

Peter Fox, executive chairman of Linfox: “We have been holding something like a hot potato that has been burning at $1 million a week for the last three years.”

Armaguard and the banks now trust each other, says Linfox chairman

There has been a big turnaround in the relationship between the cash transport monopoly and its eight biggest customers.

  • James Eyers
A cash injection of $50 million will keep Armaguard afloat for at least another year.

Armaguard secures deal with banks, supermarkets to save cash

Months after a bailout collapsed, the eight largest customers of Linfox’s Armaguard have agreed to a $50 million injection to keep cash circulating.

  • James Eyers
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Moving cash became a financial drain for Armaguard given the dramatic fall in its use.

In the Armaguard deal, keeping cash flowing was about more than money

How the Fox family and Bill Kelty finally got a deal with the banks to secure a viable future for the cash distribution business despite a dramatic fall in the use of cash.

  • Jennifer Hewett

May

Guests at the Lang Walker memorial

‘Larger than life’: packed memorial farewells Lang Walker

Friday’s two-hour public service for the property developer and Rich Lister, who died in January, was attended by a who’s who of Australian business and politics.

  • Robert Harley

April

Lindsay Fox arrives at the launch of the Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre in Melbourne on Friday.

‘What Paula wants, Paula gets’: Lindsay Fox’s $152m birthday surprise

A high-profile birthday singalong broke out on billionaire Lindsay Fox’s birthday at the official opening of new $152 million Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre in Melbourne on Friday.

  • Patrick Durkin
Pro-cash campaigner Jason Bryce on Sunrise.

CBA’s cash nemesis in the pocket of big ATM

Jason Bryce is the mainstream media’s favourite “pro-cash campaigner”. No one seems to be asking who’s backing him.

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  • Mark Di Stefano
Lindsay Fox at the men’s singles final at the Australian Open in January.

Lindsay Fox’s Armaguard wants a bailout that isn’t called that

Linfox are “not beggars”, and Armaguard doesn’t want a cent, its leaders say. Hang on, what?

  • Myriam Robin
The Chanticleer podcast features James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald.

G-G for business | Activist targets Lendlease | The future of cash

This week, James and Anthony look at what Albanese’s choice for governor-general means for business, why Lendlease is feeling the heat from John Wylie, and go inside the battle for Armaguard.

Inside the battle for Armaguard and the future of cash

The high-stakes negotiations over the financial future for the cash transit monopoly reached a crescendo over Easter, and became clearer this week.

  • James Eyers
Lindsay Fox with his son, Peter, who is Linfox’s executive chairman.

Fox takes cash-strapped, cash-trucking empire to the brink

No one minds when it’s the big banks over a barrel. It’s deliciously novel. But who believes that’s where this dispute will stay?

  • Myriam Robin
Peter Fox is the executive chairman of Linfox and the son of Lindsay Fox. He says customers will need to pay more for Armaguard’s services.

Linfox lays out its terms for keeping Armaguard afloat

Peter Fox, the company’s executive chairman, says his family are “not beggars here”. He says the cash-in-transit monopoly will keep operating if fees rise.

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  • James Eyers

March

Anna Bligh is the chief executive of the Australian Banking Association.

Why it’s so hard to keep cash alive in Australia

The peak sector lobby group has confirmed the banks and large retailers have offered a short-term lifeline to keep cash transport firm Armaguard operating.

  • Lucas Baird
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February

Lithium boss linked to $143m trophy splurge after third Toorak buy

Lithium boss Nick Wakim has added a third Toorak trophy home to his growing collection, this time a $40m home for his son.

  • Bonnie Campbell

January

Front row: Vanessa Hudson with husband henry. Middle row: Emirates Sir Tim Clark with actors Rachel Griffiths and Andrew Taylor. Back row: Francesca Packer with Robert Bates.

Power players rally for Sinner comeback

No prestige social event is complete without an iconic couple making a high-profile public showing.

  • Myriam Robin

December 2023

CEO of Linfox Mark Mazurek says the first quarter of calendar 2024 is likely to bring a much tougher economy.

One last ‘blowout’ at Christmas then hard times on way

The CEO of Linfox, the transport giant owned by Rich Lister Lindsay Fox, is bracing for a downturn in the economy in February and March.

  • Simon Evans

November 2023

Armaguard has asked for an injection of cash from the banks to ensure it can continue to move banknotes around the country.

Banks call for crisis talks as cash transport firm teeters

The banks want ACCC approval to negotiate with Armaguard, after its surprise request for a cash injection 5 months after the ACCC approved its monopoly merger.

  • James Eyers
An attempted armed robbery of an Armaguard van in Sydney a decade ago

Why there’s a cash crisis at Armaguard

Armaguard suddenly wants an injection of money to continue to deliver cash to banks and businesses in its armoured vehicles. The banking industry and the Reserve Bank want an urgent solution.

  • Jennifer Hewett

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