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Warwick Fairfax

November

The father-son rift that prefaced the break-up of an empire

A boardroom coup at John Fairfax Limited helped pave the way for the family to lose control of Australia’s oldest newspaper company.

  • Alexander Edward Gilly

January 2023

Bill Beerworth a member of the Wallis committee, which produced a report on the nation’s finances in 1997, has died.

Bill Beerworth, ‘bon vivant’ who fought for securities reform

Lawyer-cum-banker Bill Beerworth who advised Warwick Fairfax has died after a career that took him from the halls of parliament to the boardrooms of big companies.

  • Aaron Weinman

June 2022

 July 2002, Williams with The Sphere in Battery Park. The sculpture sat between the twin towers and miraculously survived the attacks of 9/11.

‘Bloodhound’ Pam Williams looks to her last deadline

In a career at the Financial Review spanning more than 30 years, with a series of scoops and six Walkley Awards, she has put away her notepad – for now, anyway.

  • Andrew Clark

August 2021

Warwick Fairfax junior launched a bid to take the Fairfax empire private, going after what he believed was his inheritance.

How the Financial Review survived Fairfax’s folly

It was only the October 1987 sharemarket crash that saved the masthead from falling into the hands of corporate raider Robert Holmes a Court.

  • Pamela Williams

September 2019

Lady Mary Fairfax with children Charels and Anna present a bouquet to Liberace.

Fairfax auction to sell off family jewels

It's the end of Sydney's old-money era as the artworks and furniture that once graced the Fairwater mansion are put under the hammer next week.

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  • Valerie Lawson

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