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Naomi Milgrom

October

AFR composite

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

September

Jodie Haydon and Anthony Albanese take pride of place next to Andrew Dillon at the commissioner’s lunch in the Olympic Room at the MCG on Saturday.

Albo keeps it in the family at the AFL commissioner’s lunch

You can’t buy a ticket to Aussie rules’ most exclusive grand final function, so there are few better tests of relevance than trying to score an invitation.

  • Myriam Robin

February

Minister for the Environment Tanya Plibersek with Guy Dempster, winner of eBay’s Circular Fashion Fund.

Plibersek says fashion industry must act on environment, or she will

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek delivers a call to arms for fashion brands to rethink volume and speed of manufacturing.

  • Lauren Sams

November 2023

Naomi Milgrom acquired Sportsgirl and other brands from her father, Marc Besen, in 2003.

Naomi Milgrom-owned Sportsgirl, Sussan retailer posts dip in profit

The private vehicle controlled by the billionaire businesswoman reported an increase in labour costs in new accounts lodged with the regulator.

  • Aaron Weinman

October 2023

Why this pine stool is a design standout of 2023

A piece of furniture with a carved curved seat has been chosen as this year’s chair at MPavilion, a summer-long architecture and design festival in Melbourne.

  • Stephen Todd

May 2023

Designed as “a space that ... frames, mirrors and invites nature in”, Ando’s MPavilion 10 will hold pride of place in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Gardens this summer.

Pritzker laureate Tadao Ando reveals his first Australian project

The Japanese architect, 82, says his MPavilion, to open in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Gardens in November, “frames, mirrors and invites nature in”.

  • Stephen Todd

June 2020

Sussan and Sportsgirl are refusing to reopen stores in some shopping centres, even as foot traffic rebounds.

Tables turned as retailers hold out for rent relief

Some retailers are delaying reopening stores until rents are reduced, even though sales and foot traffic have rebounded.

  • Sue Mitchell

March 2020

Naomi Milgrom, who runs Sportsgirl and Sussans, can't understand why shopping centres aren't closed.

Angry retailers slap down government's rhetoric

Discretionary retail is in free fall given consumers' reluctance to shop and the government's advice to stay home where possible, yet shopping centres remain open. Naomi Milgrom is asking why.

  • Jennifer Hewett

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