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Grand Prix boss cashes in after government ignores salary advice
Travis Auld earned $170,000 more than his predecessor after the Allan government waived the advice of the state’s salary-setting tribunal.
- Carla Jaeger
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Cash-strapped Allan government spends record $130m on Grand Prix Corporation
Despite record attendances at the Australian Grand Prix, the government-controlled body tasked with staging the event is heavily reliant on taxpayer funding.
- Carla Jaeger
Too soon! Tim Wilson and Zoe Daniel reignite election corflute wars
Rival corflutes on the streets of Bayside created high drama last election. Now the rivals are getting in early.
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Good point! Bob Katter admits to a mini China crisis when CBD calls
The geopolitics of the Indo Pacific are tricky. But the veteran MP was quick to own up to his mistake.
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Thousands of Grand Prix fans forced to wait as global outage strikes Ticketmaster
Ticketmaster was forced to postpone sales of tickets to next year’s Australian Grand Prix, but race officials hope the problem will be solved promptly.
- Jon Pierik
‘Painfully mature’: What Oscar Piastri’s mum wants you to know about him
The Australian lives in Monaco and mixes with sporting royalty. But he makes no apologies for being “a nice person” in a cut-throat Formula 1 world.
- Hannah Hammoud
Music promoters awarded $2.84m over cancelled Robbie Williams concert
The concert was to be a part of the 2020 Australian Grand Prix weekend, but it and the race were among the first wave of cancellations across Victoria in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Tom Cowie
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- Australian cricket
Boxing Day Test to be locked in at the MCG until 2031
Melbourne’s Boxing Day Test will be locked in for the next seven years, with Australia and England to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Test cricket in March 2027, as part of a complex web of deals between Cricket Australia and governments.
- Daniel Brettig and Kieran Rooney
From rocks to frocks: Mining magnate Gina Rinehart’s fashionable move
Australia’s richest person is giving the Brisbane Fashion Festival a dose of her famous generosity, and the festival thinks that’s great.
- Kishor Napier-Raman
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