No love lost in barney between billionaires
A classic slap fight is unfolding before our eyes between Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes, the splitsville rich-listers trying to make each other blink over the carve-up of their $23bn estate.
Margin Call
Is pointing out Labor links sexism – or scrutiny?
Moral outrage crash-landed into our inboxes here at The Australian on Thursday in the form of a searing response to a column item we ran earlier this week.
It appears Creative Australia’s boss forgot about Google
The embattled CEO of Creative Australia clearly needs to seize the power of the search engine, or at least learn how to conduct due diligence.
Labor minister’s partner snags funding victory
Oh, what a coincidence. A senator’s significant other (who contributed to the government’s IR reviews) has a new partner: the Albanese government.
Creative Australia: groupthink and backslapping
CA boss Adrian Collette will soon front Senate Estimates. He may want to explain why roughly 37 per cent of its peer assessors, who oversee grant funding, received grants themselves.
MCA backs itself into corner over unwelcome guest speakers
Another day, another dreadful call by an arts institution, this time Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art, which has got itself in a tangle over a bash booked by Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi for International Women’s Day.
Team Mike v Team Annie: Cannon-Brookes staffer ordered to hand over phone, laptops, passwords
Amid a $23bn divorce, Mike Cannon-Brookes is suing the absolute pants off of a once-trusted family office executive, claiming corporate skulduggery has been afoot.
UNSW comes to the rescue of Nomad Sydney
The prestigious university hosted a swanky dinner party for a Federal Reserve governor at the black-listed venue, despite its owners’ history of controversial statements.
Thousands of dollars in grants for supporters of ex-Hamas chief Sinwar
Kicking over more rocks at Creative Australia reveals generous taxpayer-funded grants handed out to artists who’ve broadcast their hero-worship for jihadi leaders, under the leadership of CEO Adrian Collette.
Inquiry needed to free Creative Australia from its ideological capture
For the first time ever we find ourselves in furious agreement with Sarah Hanson-Young, who wants a ‘full and frank’ inquiry into Creative Australia’s decision-making around the Venice Biennale 2026.
A creative flip-flop over terrorist imagery and arts grants
What faith would anyone hold in the leadership of Creative Australia when it flip-flops with such alacrity over a political crisis of its own making?
Artist who featured Hezbollah leader dropped as Australia’s pick for Venice jaunt
It looks like Margin Call’s deep dive into the questionable early oeuvre of Sydney artist Khaled Sabsabi has ended his selection as Australia’s pick for the Venice Biennale in 2026.
Champagne and burritos as Douglass dines out on GYG
Former Magellan chairman Hamish Douglass has broken cover to celebrate his good fortune at keeping a sizeable toe in the water with fast food chain Guzman y Gomez.
Your taxpayer dollars at work: Arts council takes creative approach to racism
Why did Creative Australia send an artist who portrayed the leader of Hezbollah as ‘divine’ as our representative to Venice? Good question.
Gupta’s house of home loan horrors
Whatever interest rate you’re paying on your home loan, pie-in-face expert Sanjeev Gupta is almost certainly paying more.
Canva overhauls office policy after pro-Hamas event balls-up
Design firm Canva has been forced into a hasty overhaul of its office policy guidelines after hosting a Sydney event featuring pro-Hamas speakers.
Cup-winning trainers, an accountant and the missing $460k
What’s happened to hundreds of thousands of dollars in Melbourne Cup prize money? It’s a story of debt, bankruptcies, court battles, and disputes between friends and business partners.
Nomad owners in sudden sale of $11m tumbledown mansion
Less than a year ago, Alan and Rebecca Yazbek forked out $11m for a tumbledown mansion. So, is it a cashflow problem or something else behind it being put up for sale again so soon?
PwC’s tax scandal leaves peers shy of donating to pollies
PwC’s scandalous tax leaks saga led to plenty of point scoring by both major parties but their enthusiasm for sinking the boot in has cost their election war chests.
Fortescue staff laments best read over bottle of scotch
There’s snark and banter and outrage over missing biscuits and a tampon dispenser. No wonder chief Dino Otranto says he fortifies himself with a bottle of scotch when reading staff replies to a cute little exercise Fortescue has started.
Disharmony in Milgrom family over Teals, Climate 200 backing
Sussan Group owner Naomi Milgrom has distanced herself from the investment company run by her three children that has poured money into Simon Homes a Court’s Climate 200 movement.
Cranbrook old boys clash over Luxe Listings deal
A court stoush featuring two private school boys, a hit TV show and an old gangster? Throw in some fast cars and rhyming slang and you’ve surely got the makings of a major movie.
Wesfarmers’ Catch killed off as boss swans in Switzerland
Rob Scott was conspicuous by his absence as yet another of Wesfarmers’ dud investments was put to the sword but why he was schmoozing at the Davos world forum is a head scratcher.
CBA floats sale of pub baron’s boat
Jon Adgemis probably has bigger things on his mind than the loss of his lifestyle trappings, but if you’re in the market for a luxury yacht then the Commonwealth Bank has a deal waiting for you.
Life out of politics for coal-fired-up former PM Scott Morrison is all sunshine now and his plans for 18 rooftop solar panels on his soon-to-be home suggest he’s seen the light.
Twist in move to trademark the ‘river’
It was only a matter of time before someone tried putting a trademark on the pro-Palestine rallying cry, but the obvious candidates have been beaten to the punch.
Game, set and much posturing at opening salvo
Let’s call it the first — and ultimate — status update of the corporate season. School assembly for the CEOs. The gathering of big-shots and silverbacks. The Australian Open tennis finals.
More wrongs than rights at the AHRC?
A case of curious priorities over at the Australian Human Rights Commission where hand-picked appointee Giridharan Sivaraman seems to prefer playing politics over action on anti-Semitism.
Freehills partner given notice over synagogue tweet
Herbert Smith Freehills leaders have voted to remove one of its longstanding partners, Damien Hazard, over a ‘deeply offensive’ tweet targeting Jeremy Leibler.
ATO claims Perth Glory owes $1m in unpaid taxes
New Perth Glory owner Ross Pelligra will need to pay close to $1m to the tax office if he wants to fend off the court-ordered liquidation of the A-League club.
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