Rich Listers
Point Piper millionaire loses latest fee battle against her own lawyers
Wealthy Point Piper identity Diane Maloney has been ordered to pay $350,000 to her lawyers after already forking out $15 million in legal fees.
- by Andrew Hornery
Latest
Catering to the ultra-rich is a booming business in WA
There’s a new sign that the Perth elite are starting to tip over the line separating the merely rich from the fabulously so.
- by Harry Brumpton, Paul-Alain Hunt and Patrick Winters
Exclusive
City life
Rich lister’s mansion downsize takes shape on Brighton foreshore
It’s dominating the skyline near the Middle Brighton Pier, but the new build by philanthropist and Brighton fixture Patricia Ilhan is no longer a traditional family home.
- by Stephen Brook
World’s richest begin 2024 $2.2 trillion better off
Tech billionaires’ wealth is up $966 billion and media mogul Rupert Murdoch starts the new year with an extra $13 billion from the start of 2023.
- by Jordan Fitzgerald
Opinion
Opinion
From humble beginnings, you say? The myth of the self-made millionaire
The truth is, no one becomes successful – let alone a millionaire or billionaire – in isolation.
- by Victoria Devine
Opinion
Private Sydney
Rich list season gives glimpse inside the world of the ultra-wealthy
According to the various stocktakes of wealth that have been published recently around the world, it’s been a tough 12 months at the pointy end.
- by Andrew Hornery
Opinion
Billionaires
Why do the rich buy superyachts?
If you had any doubts about whether we’re living in an era of extreme wealth concentration, the superyacht boom should quell those doubts.
- by Paul Krugman
Pearl of Canterbury: 10-bedroom Melbourne mansion selling for up to $40 million
The historic estate last sold for $29 million just two years ago, but the seller no longer needs all the space.
- by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
‘Gross overdevelopment’: Amber Symond’s in legal fight over Potts Point reno
The wife of one of Australia’s richest men has launched legal action over her multimillion-dollar renovation plans, which neighbours say will have an impact on their privacy, views and the heritage of the area.
- by Andrew Taylor
Sydney rich-listers flogging designer wardrobes online for pocket money
Hillsong heiress Laura Toggs and Laser Clinics Australia co-founder Kate Champion aren’t the only society figures reselling clothes online, but buyer beware: you’re going to need a fat wallet.
- by Lucy Manly
Wealthy Sydney family caught in middle of fight over controversial land swap deal
The O’Neil family have developed some of Sydney’s most prominent buildings over the past three decades. Now they’re caught up in a public spat.
- by Anne Hyland
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