Michael Kroger
The savage reckoning unfolding at Melbourne’s bohemian bolthole
Melbourne’s Savage Club has been a haven for bohemians, politicians and corporate titans for 130 years, but its conservative members face a battle for relevance.
- Cameron Houston
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This has been an exclusive men-only club for 146 years. But tensions are emerging
As the Australian Club tussles between tradition and modernity, members were recently given a dressing-down for a simple act.
- Stephen Brook
He’s back: What Peter Costello did next
The former federal treasurer’s career took a nosedive after that incident at Canberra Airport. Now he has just scored an appointment to a prestigious board.
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Far away from Melbourne, Ann Peacock decided the answer was ‘no’
There has been fevered speculation the Victorian Racing Club director was going to run for lord mayor.
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Pollie’s submarine joke sinks at Qantas’ Parisian soiree
Labor minister Patrick Gorman’s zinger about French submarines had Australian diplomats in Paris holding their breath.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and David Estcourt
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- Liberal Party
Influential Liberal Michael Kroger at centre of heated corporate coup
Kroger is embroiled in a battle for control over the $52 million Mayfield Childcare fuelled in part by a contentious deal three years ago.
- Paul Sakkal and Sumeyya Ilanbey
Stan goes to Hollywood: ABC’s Grant lands movie role
The TV newsman has revealed a hidden talent, acting in movie with Hollywood power players Zac Efron and John Cena.
- Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
The Deves factor was meant to be a campaign masterstroke. It was a disaster
Even while he was upsetting the French and endorsing a polarising Katherine Deves, a window of opportunity opened for Scott Morrison. He missed it.
- Peter Hartcher and James Massola
Dumped senator to run for Victorian Liberal presidency
Former Victorian senator Greg Mirabella will nominate for the role of state Liberal Party president after Robert Clark announced he would stand down ahead of November’s state election.
- Annika Smethurst and Paul Sakkal
Prime Minister John Elliott? He’d have ‘blown up the country’
In September 1988, a group of plotters met to draw up a plan for John Elliott, then-Liberal Party federal president, to become prime minister.
- Rob Harris
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