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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.

  • David Crowe

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Senator Richardson at the press conference.

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.

  • Peter Hartcher and Tom Burton
Senator Graham Richardson speaks to the press at Parliament House, Canberra on May 18, 1992

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.

  • Staff Writers
TV networks will have to wait until at least Wednesday to get the last week's ratings.

‘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.

  • Anne Hyland
Michael Knight and John Coates at Olympic Park in 1998.

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.

  • Roy Masters
Labor didn't talk much about factions until Bob Hawke won power in 1983.

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.

  • Tony Wright
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Secretary of the Home Affairs Department Mike Pezzullo at Senate Estimates on Monday, March 2.

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.

  • Max Koslowski
Jones apologises for his remarks about Julia Gillard's father dying of shame.

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.

  • Deborah Snow
Glen-Marie Frost’s new home in Sydney’s working-class Woolloomooloo is a world away from her former life, but she brushes off the notion she’s a victim. “I’ve been so lucky. So lucky.”

'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.

  • Jane Cadzow
Qantas boss Alan Joyce married his partner of two decades Shane Lloyd at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art.

A big day at the MCA: Alan Joyce ties the knot and Richo turns 70

"Both Alan and Shane played a significant role in making marriage equality a reality in Australia, and they deserve today."

  • Michael Koziol

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