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A very ABC farewell for outgoing boss, but departing star isn’t feeling the love

Aunty threw open the doors of its Studio 22 in Ultimo to send off David Anderson, as exiting presenter Simon Marnie frothed at the lack of an official goodbye.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman

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Local Government Minister Ron Hoenig at an earlier estimates hearing.

RonTok: Why this NSW minister keeps getting roasted over his TikToks

Local Government Minister Ron Hoenig’s use of suggestive rap tracks in his TikTok videos has his critics all aflame.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Laura Chalmers, Jim Chalmers and Westpac CEO Anthony Miller.

Westpac gets pride of place at Jim Chalmers’ post-budget address

The treasurer’s National Press Club speech was a final chance for a bit of lobbying action before the election campaign kicks off.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Clive Palmer, Trumpet of Patriots chairman, arrives at Parliament House on Budget day.

Clive Palmer jets in to gatecrash Jim Chalmers’ budget

Many lobbyists and business leaders who normally storm Parliament House on budget night stayed away. But not Clive Palmer.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman
Joe Hockey.

Inside Joe Hockey’s power-heavy garden party

The former federal treasurer can still draw a crowd of political and media elites

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Madeleine Heffernan
Katy Perry (left) and Australian fashion designer Katie Jane Taylor, who sells clothing under the brand name Katie Perry.

Sydney fashion designer seeks High Court appeal against Katy Perry

Katie Taylor’s 15-year trademark battle with the faded pop icon could finally come to an end this year.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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Mining magnate Clive Palmer with Victorian senator Ralph Babet.

Why Clive Palmer’s $110 million senator is skipping the budget

A virtual Tucker Carlson is more appealing for Ralph Babet than Jim Chalmers’ showpiece in Canberra next Tuesday.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman, Stephen Brook and Madeleine Heffernan
George Mladenov, “the cockroach of Bankstown”, kept viewers entertained in the 2021 season of Survivor Australia.

Survivor star King George returns to Macquarie Street

The Labor backroom operator turned reality TV fan favourite has once again popped up in the corridors of power.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Villa Biscaya is the subject of a Supreme Court stoush: in the eastern suburbs, few things go together better than trophy homes and expensive legal battles.

The reality TV mansion, the estranged racing heir, and the Supreme Court fight

David Waterhouse sold his Rose Bay mansion to investment banker Michael Rothner in 2023. But the pair are still doing battle in court.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Gina Edwards and Oscar the cavoodle after she won her defamation case against Nine.

Top barrister Arthur Moses drafted into celebrity cavoodle dogfight

The legal profession’s equivalent of an 800-pound gorilla has wandered into a case that all began with a very small dog.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Madeleine Heffernan

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