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Tim Minchin

February

Eddie Perfect plays the philosopher Voltaire in Opera Australia’s production of Candide.

He won over Shane Warne with a musical. Could Gina Rinehart be next?

Eddie Perfect wrote a Broadway smash in Beetlejuice, a critical hit (but financial disaster) about the leg-spinning legend, and would love to give another prominent Australian the song-and-dance treatment.

December 2023

Pro-Palestinian supporters gather at Sydney Town Hall

Political debate in Australia is at a dangerous tipping point

In the arts and now politics, claims about the other side are turning to reductionism and wild overreach.

May 2023

The three-level home comes with six bedrooms and six bathrooms.

Airtree’s Craig Blair lists oceanfront home for $16m

Co-founder of venture capital fund Airtree, Craig Blair, and wife Melanie have listed their $16 million home in Sydney celebrity enclave Gordons Bay.

June 2022

Singer-songwriter Tim Minchin with the ‘Airport Piano’ he will auction at the 2022 Art Of Music dinner, benefiting Nordoff-Robins Music Therapy.

Tim Minchin’s trashed piano is up for auction

The celebrated musician is donating the “desecrated” instrument to a charity providing music therapy, which faces a skills crisis.

December 2020

Caught between two continents: The Australian Financial Review's Europe correspondent, Hans van Leeuwen.

How Tim Minchin almost spoilt my Christmas

It's mangoes versus marzipan in the battle between an English and Australian Christmas - but unity comes from an unlikely source.

September 2020

The Bundeena beachfront house snapped up by Lisa Rothner.

Who's who of Sydney get out of town to luxury holiday home retreats

An intriguing line-up of buyers is swapping the city for the great outdoors or ensuring that if there’s another lockdown in future they have somewhere to go.

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