Dusty racks up goals off the field
Richmond star Dustin Martin likes to let his footy speak for itself and it seems he’s taken a similar, low-profile approach to building his wealth off the field as his 15-year AFL career has unfolded.
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TripADeal punters hit the jackpot
The clever fellas from Byron Bay who have now sold their corporate baby TripADeal lock, stock and barrel to Qantas are rolling around in money.
A ‘public swindle’ and a Singapore sling amid report manoeuvres
Wonder if PwC’s Kevin Burrowes noticed from Singapore just how down to the wire it was, as Senate committee members manoeuvred to beef up the final report on consultant integrity?
Burrowes digs his way out of director duties
PwC chief Kevin Burrowes has resigned from all local corporate entities of the firm, raising the obvious question: Why?
Winners are grinners in Downer versus Costello battle
As Peter Costello farewells one company directorship his former colleague is playing an absolute blinder, sitting on boards of at least two companies enjoying huge share price leaps.
A vintage effort from Oatley
Operations are more intimate than those his dad made a motza on selling to Southcorp and now Sandy Oatley’s first year in total control of Robert Oatley Vineyards is bearing financial fruit.
Borghetti has plenty to chew on
Balmoral Pastoral’s new chairman, John Borghetti, may have a few sleepless nights if the company’s just-released accounts are anything to go by.
Borghetti climbs back in the saddle at the double
Like a hibernating bear at the end of winter, ex-Virgin boss John Borghetti has arisen from slumber to claim the chairmanship of not one but two private multibillion-dollar enterprises.
Turnbull chopped from Findex board
It appears that the post-politics career of former PM Malcolm Turnbull as a non-executive director for hire is drawing to a close after he was dumped from the Findex board.
A psychic wedding guest – who saw that coming?
The Higgins-Sharaz wedding guest list was limited to close family and friends with perhaps one odd exception: a Canberra-based psychic medium whom the groom is very much a fan of.
McLachlan dithers on Racing Victoria role
What is it with Gillon McLachlan? He took ages to depart the AFL and now he’s apparently keeping Racing Victoria hanging over a will-he-or-won’t-he job decision.
‘Thrillseeking missile’: did Labor MP dump single mum?
Romance gone bad makes for toe-curling reading. We have it on good authority the caddish daddy at the centre of one woman’s awkward public revelations is none other than Josh Burns.
Denial not just a river in Africa
Moroccan Energy Minister Leila Benali has issued a denial (of sorts) that it was she who’d been caught mid-embrace with Andrew Forrest.
Busy Forrest on the job in Morocco
Fortescue supremo Twiggy Forrest has arrived in Morocco’s capital to further relations between the countries.
Twiggy, the ‘Moroccan minister’ and a lot of pent-up energy
A photo of Fortescue chairman Andrew Forrest necking with a woman in Paris has triggered runaway speculation as to the identity of the mysterious flame. But Margin Call thinks we know who she may be.
Aussie’s swipe at Atlassian billionaires after $227m island buy
Bazillionaire Michael Dorrell has confirmed himself as the mystery buyer of a private island in Palm Beach, Florida, in a set of cheeky remarks provided exclusively to Margin Call.
MCA joins the dots on race clash
Arts event protests aren’t exactly avant-garde but it’s taken the Museum of Contemporary Art almost a week to address Friday’s foul-mouth display, and its response leaves a lot to be desired.
Packer’s Nvidia nirvana as he piles into property
James Packer’s deals in property are piling up by the week, with the latest play at a developing precinct in the shadow of Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge.
Busy bees: ASIC and AFCA chiefs make time for dress ups
The financial watchdogs have been whinging about enormous workloads and demand. Let’s hope some role play at a conference and shutting the office early on Wednesdays can help.
MP mute about a strange bedfellow
Federal MP Josh Burns is one of the few voices on Israel in the Labor Party at the minute, but eyebrows have been raised at his relationship with Animal Justice Party MP Georgie Purcell.
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