December 2024
Meet the Aussies taking cricket to the home of Moneyball
Home runs and hot dogs aren’t normally associated with cricket but a small group of Australians are trying to make America fall in love with the sport.
- Gus McCubbing
July 2024
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- Luxury property
Son of late British billionaire sells $12m Melbourne penthouse
Businessman Mark Healey has offloaded his Toorak penthouse, while packaging executive Alex Commins has downsized to South Yarra.
- Bonnie Campbell
November 2023
New cricket hero almost missed the World Cup
Travis Head nearly spent the cricket World Cup sitting on the couch after breaking his hand. Then he produced one of the great individual performances on the sport’s biggest stage.
- Ian Chadband
June 2023
Bairstow praised by UK PM after halting Lord’s pitch protesters
Two protesters sped onto the ground shortly after the start of play, forcing players to physically stop them from throwing orange powder on the pitch.
- Ian Chadband
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- Luxury property
Cricketing great Ricky Ponting sells $16m Brighton home
Ponting and wife Rianna have sold their Brighton home and are moving to Toorak, while McKinsey’s Angus Dawson has reset the Randwick record in Sydney.
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- Bonnie Campbell
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- Luxury property
$42m Gold Coast mega-mansion returns to market after sale falls over
Bellagio La Villa has reappeared on real estate websites, while a designer Bronte oceanfront is expected to sell for more than $20 million.
- Bonnie Campbell
March 2023
Melbourne surgeons hoping for $6m gain in two years on Toorak mansion
Urologists Uri Hanegbi and Karen McKertich are hoping to make a cool $6m profit on the Toorak home they purchased for $19m two years ago.
- Larry Schlesinger
August 2021
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- Online shopping
Ponting Wines to launch alcohol offer on Buy Aussie Now
Cricket legend Ricky Ponting will launch the new category on the online marketplace where every product is owned and manufactured by an Australian.
- Carrie LaFrenz
January 2021
Feeling the Paine of a nation's most important job
Tim Paine is under fire for his captaincy of the Australian Test cricket team, but the absence of a logical successor suggests he is safe – for now.
- Michael Pelly
August 2020
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- Food & drink
Cricket legend Ricky Ponting cracks a shot at wine
With names like 'Mowbray Boy' and 'The Pinnacle' - Ponting Wines hopes to eventually take the brand to the UK and even India.
- Carrie LaFrenz
February 2020
Battle of the banks at Open final
Who sat with who at Sunday night's Australian Open 2020 men's final?
- Myriam Robin
November 2019
At the Cup, camera-shyness the order of the day
Though of course, not everyone cares what shareholders or inner-city types think.
- Myriam Robin and James Thomson