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Gillon McLachlan (right) talks to trainer James Cummings in the lead-up to the 2024 Melbourne Cup.

Spring racing hasn’t even begun but Gill McLachlan is on track to scoop $16 million

McLachlan is substantially in the money after the tall guy was granted 30 million share options late last year as part of his long-term bonus plan at Tabcorp.

  • Stephen Brook and Matt O'Sullivan

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Tim’s Smith’s car after crashing into a Hawthorn property in October 2021.

Now’s the time to come to the aid of the party. (And then along came Tim)

When former MP Tim Smith gives advice about dumping has-been Victorian Liberal leaders, we are entering the realm of the burlesque.

  • Tony Wright
Former state Liberal MP Tim Smith.

What Tim Smith did next

Here at CBD, we are fans of resurrection stories.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Victorian opposition leader John Pesutto, and former Liberal premiers Ted Baillieu, Denis Napthine, and Jeff Kennett.

Without dumping its cult of has-been leaders, Victoria’s Liberals don’t stand a chance

After barely four years in government this century, something needs to change within the Victorian Liberal Party, starting with the way its leadership is decided.

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Peter Costello talking to journalists after the incident involving a reporter.

He’s back: What Peter Costello did next

The former federal treasurer’s career took a nosedive after that incident at Canberra Airport. Now he has just scored an appointment to a prestigious board.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Liberal MP John Pesutto at this Hawthorn polling booth in November 2022.

A loss in the Warrandyte byelection would spell the end of Pesutto’s leadership

John Pesutto’s first six months as state opposition leader have been enough to qualify him for an annus horribilis, and it’s only June.

  • Annika Smethurst
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Ukrainian ambassador to Australia Vasyl Myroshnychenko with former Victorian MP Tim Smith and one-time Australian consul-general to New York Alastair Walton in Kyiv on Tuesday.

Tim Smith avoids criminal record for drunken car crash

The former Liberal member for Kew has popped up in war-torn Ukraine and reignited a feud with his old mate.

  • Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Shadow ministers Simon Birmingham and Andrew Hastie have written to their government counterparts, Richard Marles and Penny Wong.

‘Not pulling our weight’: Bipartisanship collapses over Ukraine support

The federal opposition says it is embarrassing that Ukrainian officials have resorted to social media to plead for more Australian military assistance.

  • Matthew Knott
Ukrainian Ambassador to Australia, Vasyl Myroshnychenko, with former Victorian MP Tim Smith and one-time Australian Consul General to New York Alastair Walton in Kyiv on Tuesday

Tim Smith travels to Kyiv, slams ongoing Australian embassy closure

The former Victorian state MP, who resigned amid a drink-drive scandal in 2021, made a surprise visit to Australia’s abandoned embassy, asking: “Where the bloody hell are we?”

  • Rob Harris
Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto.

Pesutto faces fresh leadership test after being blindsided by MP’s resignation

A messy preselection looms in the seat of Warrandyte to replace the resigning Ryan Smith as former MP Tim Smith says his desire to remove the Andrews government has him considering a return to Spring Street.

  • Annika Smethurst and Rachel Eddie

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