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Former broadcaster Alan Jones on Monday.

How the Australian Club kiboshed Alan Jones’ membership

Retired radio shock jock Alan Jones’ influence and reputation survived one arrest. Will it survive his latest?

  • Myriam Robin

Buyer who paid $12.1m for Paddington’s prettiest house revealed

Fiona Brown has emerged as the buyer of the home once owned by fashion designer Collette Dinnigan; Sonia Kruger and Craig McPherson officially list in Mosman.

  • Bonnie Campbell
Erica Thomas, principal of Kincoppal-Rose Bay School.

Principals back social media ban but won’t give up YouTube

Two veteran educators say YouTube will likely still be used by teachers in the classroom, even if students are banned from using it.

  • Sam Buckingham-Jones
1 Shelley Street is an 11-storey premium office tower that was most recently the headquarters to Macquarie Group.

Refresh at former Macquarie HQ gives new life to Barangaroo

A run of leasing deals in Sydney’s Barangaroo precinct has revived its fortunes, after a series of top corporate tenants left the waterfront precinct.

  • Campbell Kwan
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Dutton’s tax surprise; Trump picks Musk; Borrowers ‘bank tax cuts’

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

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Sacked CFMEU NSW secretary Darren Greenfield speaking at the rally.

CFMEU rally throws down gauntlet despite smaller turnout

A rogue CFMEU delegate called on workers to ignore messages from the union’s administrator, while a Greens MP praised protesters for “not listening” to his warnings.

  • David Marin-Guzman

Star Casino gets a man on the inside at News Corp

The casino’s former PR man Peter Jenkins has popped up at Sydney’s ‘Daily Telegraph’.

  • Mark Di Stefano
Phil Thomson, co-founder and CEO of Auror a retail crime platform that watches over retailers like Woolworths and Bunnings.

Woolworths, Westpac funds back controversial $500m anti-crime start-up

Auror’s use of AI technology to help retailers track criminals led to an Information Commissioner investigation, but investors aren’t worried.

  • Paul Smith
Western Harbour Tunnel is under construction and won’t be privatised

Transurban tolls hit NSW roadblock

Transurban and the NSW government are at loggerheads over how to reduce the long-term costs to taxpayers and motorists from Sydney’s sprawling toll road network.

  • Jennifer Hewett
Businesses can rack up millions of dollars in tolls annually moving goods around Sydney

One business is paying $7.4m in Sydney road tolls

Data compiled by the NSW government shows the high cost of tolls for companies as the state pushes ahead with new laws to monitor the prices motorists are being charged.

  • Jenny Wiggins
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is adamant that social media will be treated like selling alcohol, and banned for kids.

Canberra takes on big tech – and Gen Alpha – with social media bans

All Australians could be forced to register official identity documents with social media giants to prove they are over the age of 16.

  • Paul Smith
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ASX jumps; ANZ profits slip; Powell says Trump can’t fire him

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Chris Ellison leaves his Osborne Park HQ on Monday after the MinRes board said he’d be out of the company between 12-18 months.

The complicity of Chris Ellison’s financiers

Those around the MinRes managing director are forever effusive in their praise.

  • Mark Di Stefano
Imagine this but spookier: the Cannon-Brooke mansion is Double Bay’s favourite trick-or-treat haunt

Cannon-Brookes mansion hosts Double Bay Halloween

On Thursday evening, hundreds of pint-sized local ghouls descended upon the erstwhile couple’s estate, to partake of candy.

  • Myriam Robin
The Sydney Marathon has become one of the world’s most prestigious distance events.

Sydney Marathon joins New York, Tokyo and Berlin as major race

Australia’s biggest marathon is now set to become one of the world’s most prestigious after being elevated to the pinnacle of global distance events.

  • Gus McCubbing
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Former Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci.

Brad Banducci starts his post-Woolworths life

The former supermarket CEO was spotted at Sydney’s Opera House this week.

  • Mark Di Stefano
Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes will report his first earnings report as solo CEO tomorrow.

Why Cannon-Brookes is under pressure over first solo Atlassian result

Shares in Atlassian have rallied 20 per cent in the last month, with investors betting the CEO is under-promising and over-delivering.

  • Tess Bennett
Kyle Faulconer

What this CEO learnt from losing $30m

Kyle Faulconer, the CEO of PepsiCo in ANZ, discovered the value of rapid prototyping and minimum viable products after a failed launch cost his client $30m.

  • Euan Black, Sally Patten and Lap Phan
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Alexis Soulopoulos, who also runs ASX-listed pet sitting company Mad Paws.

The ASX co-founder now selling DIY AI ‘girlfriends’

Candy.AI is helmed by Alexis Soulopoulos, the co-founder of ASX-listed company Madpaws. It charges users to build their own virtual girlfriend.

  • Amelia McGuire
Lime Cordiale perform at Parliament House at an evening paid for by Google to promote its investment in Australia.

Rock stars and Wiggles: Google takes on big tech rules

The search giant is bankrolling parties and events that are an unsubtle reminder to the government of its huge power.

  • Paul Smith and Sam Buckingham-Jones

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