Welcome to Planet Oswal
As politics becomes more unpredictable, at least there is the inarguable fact that Pankaj Oswal is a special breed of weird.
Margin Call
Cloud over US gabfest guest list
As the nation’s richest gather for Lindsay Fox’s “conception party”, a rival crowd are also getting together.
Studio 104 gets party restarted
When the dust settles on the election there will be some hard decisions to be made at the Victorian Liberal Party HQ.
X marks top spot for backer
Kingmaker Nick Xenophon’s primary benefactor, millionaire Ian Melrose, couldn’t be happier with his man’s showing.
Life’s really a beach in this job
The prime ministership of the nation is not the only important leadership position in a state of flux at the moment.
Fear and loathing at Sofitel
The Liberal election night gathering in Sydney was not quite the party the party was expecting.
Wealthy setting sail for Europe
Is there a rich lister left in Australia to vote in person? A flotilla of yachts is amassing in European waters.
Humble sparky hits paydirt
Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart has been quick to integrate her new son-in-law into her vast business empire.
Rumble in black-tie jungle
‘Black Tie Amateur Boxing Evening’ is without doubt the highlight of John Hood’s private-member The Australian Club.
Love on high seas a foxy affair
It sounds like it will be a party frisky enough to make Wayne Carey blush.
Short on Medicare backing
Bill Shorten’s carpet bombing of misinformation on the Libs’ alleged plan to privatise Medicare is short of backers.
Kidman back on the block
The twice burnt process for Australia’s most controversial property sale is rising again — like a bloodied phoenix.
Heads will roll after July 2
The political climate on the other side of July 2 is set to trigger new appointments to some influential lobbying gigs.
Bug brings the judge unstuck
The gods seem to be in the corner of Malcolm Turnbull’s Liberals.
Hands across the desert
It’s a quintessentially Sydney eastern suburbs story — and it has just crossed the Nullarbor.
Colin’s ball out of bounds
Well look at that: the 74-year-old Colin Bell can use email. To vivid effect.
Next up, Roxy The Musical
Never one to miss an opportunity, Roxy Jacenko is co-operating with 60 Minutes on a tell-all on her life and times.
A spot of gardening leave
Do not read too much into it, but ANZ’s head of communications Paul Edwards has just begun a three-week holiday.
James holding all the aces
After almost a year of deliberation, $5bn man James Packer won’t get a pay packet from Crown.
Packer still waits for payday
The Rob Rankin-chaired Crown Resorts board may finally agree on a remuneration package for James Packer and his CPH executives.
Builders get revenge on Oswals
The Oswals’ multi-billion-dollar Supreme Court case against the under-siege ANZ is flushing out some amazing stories.
It’s party time at Colliers
A raunchy video starring one of his employees is about the last thing Colliers International boss John Kenny needs.
Wrestling to reduce bank risk
What will be left of ANZ’s saintly boss Shayne Elliott by the time the bank’s full-year results are released?
Big turnout for Libs’ cash grab
It was dubbed Super Wednesday. Sydney was carpet-bombed by Liberal stars in a multi-front fundraising attack.
Roxy’s BFF buys Aitkens’ pad
The Darling Point trophy home’s new occupants make fund manager couple Charlie and Ellie Aitken look beige.
Colin gone but not forgotten
This is a public service announcement: does anyone know the whereabouts of Colin Bell?
Three faces of Gretel Packer
Now that Gretel Packer has established her wealth in her own right, the almost-billionaire is getting on with business.
Dog day afternoon for Curtis
In the end Oliver Curtis’s lucky tasselled loafers let him down, when he was branded a criminal by a NSW court.
Gina’s fancy-pants rebranding
Last year was a momentous one for billionaire Gina Rinehart.
Hugh and cry over Nine axing
Has Nine’s newbie boss Hugh Marks boned himself? It’s starting to look that way.
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