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Stephen Brook is a special correspondent for The Age and CBD columnist for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. He was previously deputy editor of The Sunday Age. He is a former media editor of The Australian and spent six years in London working for The Guardian.

Alan Jones and friends go from ‘pick and stick’ to ‘no comment’

Alan Jones and friends go from ‘pick and stick’ to ‘no comment’

After the broadcaster was charged with indecent assault offences, several of his high-profile friends remained silent.

  • by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook

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Gina Rinehart deletes mentions of Alan Jones; others carefully word reactions

Gina Rinehart deletes mentions of Alan Jones; others carefully word reactions

The former broadcaster’s status as a member of the Australian Media Hall of Fame is also in doubt following this week’s dramatic arrest.

  • by Kate McClymont, Jessica McSweeney, Anne Hyland, Stephen Brook, Riley Walter and Jesinta Burton
Days before arrest, Jones partied with top silks and Liberal elites

Days before arrest, Jones partied with top silks and Liberal elites

On Monday, Alan Jones was arrested and charged with indecent assault offences. Two days earlier, he was MC at the 80th birthday of a top silk and former Liberal MP.

  • by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Ex-Nine boss Hugh Marks in the frame for top ABC gig

Ex-Nine boss Hugh Marks in the frame for top ABC gig

The media executive has been linked with the vacant managing director role at the national broadcaster.

  • by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Albanese questioned on Trump, AUKUS by local Labor branch

Albanese questioned on Trump, AUKUS by local Labor branch

Labor voters in the prime minister’s progressive electorate of Grayndler aren’t thrilled by the incoming US president.

  • by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Mama mia! Freedman plots $3.9 million Point Piper home renovation

Mama mia! Freedman plots $3.9 million Point Piper home renovation

The media entrepreneur won’t let Woollahra Council get in the way of plans to renovate her harbourside mansion.

  • by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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Livingstone’s career turn takes her back to the Victorian Institute of Sport

Livingstone’s career turn takes her back to the Victorian Institute of Sport

The former Olympian’s stint as the AFL’s general manager of women’s sport ended last year, and now she’s landed in a new role.

  • by Stephen Brook
Pat Cummins turns craft beer investor

Pat Cummins turns craft beer investor

The men’s cricket captain has become the first outside investor with Mountain Culture Beer Co

  • by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
One man, two ex-wives and the $50m sushi sale that changed everything

One man, two ex-wives and the $50m sushi sale that changed everything

The trio helped make sushi an Aussie lunchtime staple – so how did their intertwined personal and business relations end up frayed – and in court?

  • by Tom Cowie and Stephen Brook
Champagne battle bubbles away as Penfolds pours at races despite rival’s rights
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Champagne battle bubbles away as Penfolds pours at races despite rival’s rights

The track wasn’t the only space at Flemington where the competition was hot. The Birdcage has become a battleground for champagne.

  • by Cara Waters and Stephen Brook
The Australians who got a seat at Donald Trump’s victory party
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The Australians who got a seat at Donald Trump’s victory party

Australia’s richest person, and the heir to a Queensland conservative dynasty were in South Florida to celebrate Trump’s political comeback.

  • by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook

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