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Inside Penny Fowler and Hamish McLachlan’s family house swap
Two prominent Melburnians found themselves living in properties that no longer suited their lives. So they sold up – to each other.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Kyle Sandilands’ salary secrets handed over in legal stoush
A ruling by the Copyright Tribunal of Australia has prompted speculation on who might be among Australia radio’s best-paid presenters.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Virtually good value: A jolly Joe Hockey gig costs $20,000 a pop
The former treasurer, who once declared an end to the “age of entitlement”, has a big price tag attached to his time.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Box billionaire goes Pratty in pink at the Met Gala
Visy cardboard king Anthony Pratt was one of the brightest figures on the glamour carpet in New York, if not the best dressed.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Upstart writers festival aiming to take Melbourne’s mantle
This week’s Melbourne Writers Festival will hope to capture the same success as the Sorrento Writers Festival held last month.
- by Stephen Brook
Taxpayers pick up tab for MPs’ Gallipoli jaunt
Labor MPs taunted for taking Liberal and National “human shields” on taxpayer-funded Anzac Day trip to Gallipoli.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Top seethe: Kooyong Tennis Club board cops a serve from angry members
Hundreds showed up at the “spiritual home of Australian tennis” on Monday amid a grassroots insurgency over the millions missing from club coffers.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Men-only club gets its democracy sausages out
Melbourne’s Australian Club held its first-ever contested election on Monday, and it looks like the members liked it.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Seven promotes controversial editor accused of lewd, drunken behaviour
Embattled TV network calls on a bloke who has known his fair share of controversy to help with the recovery.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Eddie McGuire’s landlady comes up trumps in legal row over Portsea boat shed
The owner of the clifftop home the former Collingwood president rents as his weekender has had a legal win over a shed on the beach.
- by Noel Towell
Hawkish think tank on the defensive over funding
An Albanese government review of funding for defence think tanks has prompted some nerves in the ranks.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman