NewsBite

Rear Window

Myriam Robin

Australian Club cracks down on phones, leather jackets

Myriam RobinRear Window editor

Subscribe to gift this article

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.

Subscribe now

Already a subscriber?

Dire times at Melbourne’s elite Australian Club, where Tupperware salesman turned newish club president Charles Henry is doing all he can to maintain slipping standards.

“The Australian Club is an escape from the modern world and our rules and traditions protect this,” he told members of the male-only William Street institution recently in an email. The pity is, some insist on taking liberties, particularly regarding the dress code.

Loading...
Myriam Robin is Rear Window editor based in the Melbourne newsroom. A Rear Window columnist since 2017, she previously reported on financial markets and media. Connect with Myriam on Twitter. Email Myriam at myriam.robin@afr.com

Subscribe to gift this article

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.

Subscribe now

Already a subscriber?

Read More

Latest In People

Fetching latest articles

Most Viewed In Rear window

    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/rear-window/australian-club-standards-crackdown-on-phones-leather-jackets-20241023-p5kkrr