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Newington College chairman clocks up 17 years (and counting)

This whole thing is far from over, and getting spicier by the month. Who could possibly look away?

Myriam RobinSenior writer

Updated Jun 27, 2024 – 6.08pm, first published at 5.46pm

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There is, it’s been said, nothing so compelling as private school politics. If that’s what you could call the cataclysm still engulfing Sydney’s Newington College.

Last year, the College Council embarked on a controversial plan to soon enrol girls. Much of the school community is now in open revolt.

Myriam Robin is a senior writer based in the Melbourne newsroom. She has previously been a Rear Window columnist and editor, and before that reported on financial markets and media.