Family business
No more daggy dads: Father’s Day cards move with the times
There are less of the fart jokes, big moustaches and barbecues. Instead, Australians are picking cards for their dads with a bit more sentiment.
- Alex Crowe
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‘Reputation is everything’: Three famous Aussie families on coping with succession
The families of Carla Zampatti, Michael Gudinski and Neil Balnaves describe how they grapple with a legacy – while grieving a loss.
- Brook Turner
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WFH confessions: Michael works for Telstra from home - where he juggles a second job
Between team meetings and writing documents on company processes, Telstra worker Michael takes a business call for his side hustle - but not to the dismay of his boss.
- Cara Waters
‘You need a haircut’: Bianca and Allegra Spender’s blunt love
Sisters Allegra and Bianca Spender are close, but working together in the family business founded by their mother, Carla Zampatti, tested their bond.
- Nicole Abadee
‘I don’t feel like a millionaire’: A father-son duo’s secret to success
While Cedar Anderson and his father Stuart’s honey-extraction invention became a global success, the secret to a sweet life, they say, remains a simple one.
- Jennifer Johnston
We love dynasties, in part because they’re awful
The Kennedys, Murdochs and Guccis are best known for their tragedies: murder, overdoses and feuds. But their trauma and influence primes them to hurt the rest of us, too.
- Samantha Selinger-Morris
How Andrew Myer came to embrace the family name
The filmmaker and philanthropist is a third-generation flagbearer for one of Australia’s wealthiest families but happy to have charted his own course.
- Karl Quinn
'Don’t talk about work': How family businesses avoid turning into soap operas
Overbearing parents, sibling rivalry, nepotism and emotional immaturity are all issues that can derail family business empires. Just ask the Rineharts.
- Andrew Taylor
The business cycle: how Flight Centre's Graham Turner helped son Matt pedal to success
Graham Turner, whose Flight Centre enterprise has been hit hard by COVID turbulence, has watched his son Matt's cycling retailer business 99 Bikes take off during the pandemic. They've supported each other through the ups and downs.
- Anne Hyland
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