John Elliott
The savage reckoning unfolding at Melbourne’s bohemian bolthole
Melbourne’s Savage Club has been a haven for bohemians, politicians and corporate titans for 130 years, but its conservative members face a battle for relevance.
- Cameron Houston
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She quit the police over COVID-19 lockdowns. Now she’s standing for election
Krystle Mitchell quit the force in a blaze of publicity. Now she is on the hustings as a libertarian candidate.
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
‘A bit of a slow-motion train wreck’: 3AW’s Tom Elliott on his infamous father’s fall
The son of controversial 1980s businessman John Elliott and former state MP Lorraine Elliott never wanted a career in the public eye. What happened?
- Konrad Marshall
$6951 in the bank and some furniture: What was left in John Elliott’s will
There wasn’t much of an inheritance left for his children, as the fallen corporate titan held no real estate and very little cash at the time of his death.
- Tom Cowie and Colin Kruger
‘Put Jack back’: Kennett makes a stand at Carlton
The former premier adds a mischievous touch to a memorial service for John Elliott by calling for his name to be restored to an Ikon Park grandstand.
- Greg Baum
Prime Minister John Elliott? He’d have ‘blown up the country’
In September 1988, a group of plotters met to draw up a plan for John Elliott, then-Liberal Party federal president, to become prime minister.
- Rob Harris
‘Properly Shakespearean’: John Elliott’s fall from grace came after greatness
John Elliott’s business career faded following his bankruptcy, but leading business figures say his contribution to Melbourne business life should not be so easily forgotten or dismissed.
- Sarah Danckert and Daniel Brettig
Blues greats pay tribute to John Elliott, who defined Carlton
No AFL club was so tied to the fortunes, to the heady peaks and embarrassing troughs, of its president as Carlton was to John Elliott.
- Jake Niall
Vale, John Elliott, one of the country’s great characters
To some, the businessman, former Liberal president and ex-Carlton boss will be remembered as a brilliant star who exploded across the corporate firmament. Others will look upon him less favourably.
- Peter Denton
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