Graham Richardson
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
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Political lobbying
Labor mates in lobbyland: ‘I just get paid more’
With billions of dollars up for grabs, former politicians and advisers know they can charge handsomely to help big companies gain access to mammoth federal deals.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
CBD
Albo’s Senate snub: What’s up with the upper house?
There aren’t too many senators to be found in Anthony Albanese’s new ministry. Plus corporate titans follow the PM to Indonesia.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
From the Archives, 1992: Powerbroker goes for the good of the party
30 years ago, Senator Graham Richardson - implicated in the Marshall Islands affair but proclaiming his innocence - resigned his Keating Government portfolio.
- by Peter Hartcher and Tom Burton
From the Archives, 1992: For the kingmaker, it’s check, mate!
30 years ago, Senator Graham Richardson - implicated in the Marshall Islands affair but proclaiming his innocence - resigned his Keating Government portfolio.
- by Staff Writers
‘Destined for market failure’: Regional TV’s dire warning
In a letter to Communications Minister Paul Fletcher in March last year, the three regional TV bosses warned that some services, including news and current affairs, could soon be turned off. After that, they said they could experience complete market failure.
- by Anne Hyland
How the Night Of The Long Prawns shaped Sydney's Olympic bounty
In 1996, a dinner of prawn cutlets in Chinatown helped to guarantee the success of the Sydney Olympics and the future of the Australian Olympic Committee.
- by Roy Masters
Analysis
The Faceless Man
Bring out your dead: tales from the branch-stacking front
Branch stacking is as old as politics in Australia, but as we now know, it has grown ever more toxic.
- by Tony Wright
Home Affairs Secretary Mike Pezzullo honoured for public service
Mike Pezzullo has been been at the peak of the public service for the past seven years.
- by Max Koslowski
Analysis
Media & marketing
Loved, loathed and feared, no one could ignore the Jones phenomenon
Whatever politicians thought about Alan Jones, his influence was something they could not turn away from, not least for how he leveraged it across print and TV as well as radio.
- by Deborah Snow
'It can happen to anybody'. How Glen-Marie Frost went from society doyenne to public housing tenant
From high-society mover and shaker in the 1980s and '90s, Glen-Marie Frost now lives in public housing and shops at Kmart. How this upbeat born survivor has dealt with her changed circumstances offers life lessons for everyone.
- by Jane Cadzow
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