Wealthy barrister and pastoralist Allan Myers KC has accused the Melbourne Club of racism in an excoriating letter that takes the private gentlemen’s institution to task over the rejection of a member he had nominated.
Myers, who was recently the chancellor of Melbourne University, resigned from the Melbourne Club in frustration in March. In a letter dated April 5, and obtained by The Australian Financial Review’s Rear Window column, he says the club rejected his nominee’s application because of race.
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Mark Di Stefano is Rear Window columnist, based in the Sydney newsroom. He previously worked at BuzzFeed, the Financial Times and The Information before joining the Financial Review as a media and tech correspondent. Connect with Mark on Twitter. Email Mark at mark.distefano@afr.com
