Former no more: What Peter Costello did next
Months after his departure as chairman of Nine, the one-time federal treasurer has a new gig.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Latest
Peter Dutton to host $5000-a-head fundraiser at male-only club
The federal opposition leader will host a flurry of fundraisers in Sydney and Melbourne, including at the Athenaeum Club, which doesn’t allow women to become members.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Opinion
Radio ratings
In typical Sydney fashion, Kyle and Jackie O just don’t get Melbourne
The latest Melbourne ratings are abysmal for the shock jocks who have ruled Sydney FM breakfast radio for years with a mix of celebrity, sex, scandals and contests.
- by Stephen Brook
Banned! TAB boss Gill McLachlan shuts pollies out of Birdcage marquee
The betting giant’s Melbourne Cup marquee has long been a favourite of federal and state MPs. Now, they’re out.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Inside former Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson’s 75th birthday lunch
Age has not dulled Graham Richardson’s appetite for lunch.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Not a Victorian club in sight, but nation’s heavyweights at MCG for grand final
Australia’s political, business and media leaders gathered in the MCG’s Olympic Room for the AFL Commission lunch before the Sydney-Brisbane season decider.
- by Stephen Brook
Former top dog launches legal action against Greyhound Racing NSW
Rob Macaulay resigned as chief executive in July. Now, he’s taking the greyhound racing regulator to the Fair Work Commission.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Pure Gold Coast Clive Palmer buys childhood Melbourne home
The Queensland-based billionaire mining magnate bought the suburban house where he once lived as a child. We didn’t take him for a Victorian either.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Joe Hockey back in Oz to talk Trump with Liberal moderates
The former treasurer turned ambassador turned man about Washington, DC, is in hot demand for his insights on the upcoming US presidential election.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Jacinta Price is right for The Australian’s 60th birthday
The newspaper was prepared to fork out expenses to ensure its star guest would attend the festivities in Sydney.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Sam Mostyn beats Margaret Beazley in The Block: Vice-regal edition
As soon as news first surfaced of a possible royal visit in October, the jockeying began. And it was not confined to the racetrack.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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