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Lindsay Fox poses for a selfie with Mark Vincent during Fox’s birthday party.

Tartan party! Lindsay Fox throws another men-only birthday bash

The billionaire trucking magnate rented out Crown Resorts’ flagship restaurant for his birthday shindig, where tartan, kilts and whisky flowed freely.

  • Stephen Brook

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News Corp chairman emeritus Rupert Murdoch.

Cut for time? Rupert Murdoch’s slimmed down Sky News doco

The News Corp chairman emeritus was interviewed at length for a Sky News documentary, but ended up sharing airtime with others.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Former premier Steve Bracks and Grand Prix chair Martin Pakula at the race on Sunday.

Melbourne elite petrolheads out in force

The famous were out and about at the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix – including Australia’s most unobtrusive billionaire.

  • Stephen Brook and Cara Waters
Formula 1 fan and podcast host Eleanor Baillieu wears Cappellazo Couture in the Marriott Bonvoy lounge.

‘A festival of adrenaline and food and drink’: Grand prix’s female-friendly focus

The Formula 1 grand prix is becoming like the Birdcage, say some attendees.

  • Stephen Brook
Albert Park is now contracted to stage the grand prix through to 2037; the longest tenure by any host city.

Cost of hosting this year’s F1 grand prix hits record $100m

Victorian taxpayers have been left with a record bill from this year’s Formula 1 race, with runaway costs associated with the race outpacing the revenue generated by record attendances.

  • Chip Le Grand
Pakula and Andrews

Andrews skips Commonwealth Games inquiry but Pakula to be grilled

The Senate does not have the power to compel serving ministers or government officials but committee chair Matt Canavan suggested other people with knowledge of the Games may be forced to attend.

  • Paul Sakkal and Kieran Rooney
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Daniel Andrews announced on Tuesday the cancellation of the Commonwealth Games planned for regional Victoria.

‘We’ve got this covered,’ Victoria told Canberra before Commonwealth Games collapsed

There was no formal request for federal Games funding, despite the state’s own business case assuming Canberra would cover more than $200 million in capital expenses.

  • Chip Le Grand and Rachel Eddie
Watching the watchdogs

Politicians don’t like them. They don’t like each other. Have our watchdogs gone astray?

When Martin Pakula made his parting speech to parliament in September, there was one point that had Opposition MPs nodding in fierce agreement.

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Martin Pakula is now a non-executive director at Helloworld.

Hello Martin: Pakula takes off with Helloworld

The former Victorian state Labor tourism minister joins Helloworld as a non-executive director.

  • Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Daniel Andrews after the release of an IBAC report into branch stacking.

How will history (not to mention voters) remember Daniel Andrews?

Legacy is a fickle thing in politics, and even more so in a pandemic, but COVID-19 has redefined the Labor leader, who has finished his second term even stronger than he started it. An extract from Sumeyya Ilanbey’s upcoming book, Daniel Andrews.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey

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