Kerry Packer
- Opinion
- Australian TV
Is this the end of free-to-air TV? A veteran weighs in
Peter Meakin has been producing news and current affairs programs on commercial TV for 60 years. He knows what works.
- Peter FitzSimons
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Why this award-winning Fox veteran no longer watches cable news
Australian-born David Hill will collect back-to-back lifetime achievement awards this week for his contributions to sports television, including decades working for Kerry Packer and Rupert Murdoch.
- Michael Koziol
Hawke, Packer and ‘Supercat’: Cricket’s secret Kirribilli meeting and the end of apartheid
Forty years after the rebel tours of South Africa, we reveal one of the great sliding doors moments in Australian cricket.
- Daniel Brettig
Bradman letters revealed: What Don really thought about Packer, Warne, the Queen and fame
A trove of personal letters have been unearthed that reveal Sir Donald Bradman’s private views on a wide range of issues and people, from cricketers to monarchs and prime ministers.
- Daniel Brettig
The day I thought I’d made it was the day my life began to unravel
In James Packer’s powder room, I looked in the mirror and looking back at me were the saddest, loneliest eyes I had ever seen.
- Jo Wagstaff
Have helmets made cricket a more dangerous game?
As the difficult debate about Will Pucovski’s future begins again, we canvass several Test greats and former captains from different eras – and get very different views.
- Malcolm Conn
- Exclusive
- Billionaires
James Packer’s quiet reshuffle reveals some surprise departures
Reclusive billionaire James Packer has embarked on a significant downsize of his inner circle, including former right-hand man Ben Tilley.
- Andrew Hornery
Why cricket legend Greg Chappell needed a retirement benefit at 75
Why did Australian cricket great Greg Chappell accept the offer of a retirement benefit at the age of 75, nearly 40 years after he finished playing?
- Daniel Brettig
From leading goalkicker to Kerry Packer’s lieutenant: Ocker gave life a shot
Austin Robertson junior made his mark in two sports and two very different ways. He had a rich life and a wealth of stories and his name was synonymous with the World Series Cricket upheaval.
- Greg Baum
‘Not as dumb as you look’ : Michael Parkinson’s greatest TV moments
While guests were also in for a lively grilling, Parkinson never made them feel they were being interrogated.
- Rob Harris
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