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No collusion: PM and Gladys at loggerheads over White House contact

No collusion: PM and Gladys at loggerheads over White House contact

The deaths of three American firefighters in NSW has caused even more tensions between the Morrison and Berejiklian offices.

  • by Kylar Loussikian and Samantha Hutchinson

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New boss for Sports Australia
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New boss for Sports Australia

Bleak City numbers man Rob Dalton will be named Sport Australia's new chief executive as early as today, replacing long-time administrator Kate Palmer.

  • by Kylar Loussikian and Samantha Hutchinson
Oranges & Sardines for the NGA, $300,000 worth
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Oranges & Sardines for the NGA, $300,000 worth

It took the National Gallery of Australia — then under the directorship of Ron Radford — two years to return a $5 million Dancing Shiva sculpture allegedly stolen from India by Subhash Kapoor, the art dealer charged last August with operating a $145 million smuggling ring.

  • by Kylar Loussikian and Samantha Hutchinson
Barilaro dials up the friction
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Barilaro dials up the friction

NSW Nationals leader John Barilaro’s fractious relationship with his Liberal colleagues is never far from bursting through the surface.

  • by Kylar Loussikian and Samantha Hutchinson
Trials and tribulations make for memorable 2019
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Trials and tribulations make for memorable 2019

From Kirribilli to Hawaii, Canberra to Cabo and back to Macquarie Street, CBD travels through a year of business and politics.

  • by Kylar Loussikian and Samantha Hutchinson
Come all ye faithful: Howard's Christmas bash
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Come all ye faithful: Howard's Christmas bash

It was a conservative-heavy affair with all the trimmings — from early arrivals including Tony Abbott campaigner Piers Akerman to even earlier arrival Maurice Newman.

  • by Kylar Loussikian and Samantha Hutchinson
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Council takes on the big cheese
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Council takes on the big cheese

Expenditure on dinners, desserts, cheese platters, booze and snacks for meetings last year was $94,836 — bursting the council’s total $65,000 catering budget.

  • by Kylar Loussikian and Samantha Hutchinson
Super juggernaut Cbus cancels Tracey Spicer-helmed briefing
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Super juggernaut Cbus cancels Tracey Spicer-helmed briefing

Could it have been the weeks of negative press sustained by Spicer, who had her second coming as the figurehead of Australia’s #MeToo movement?

  • by Kylar Loussikian and Samantha Hutchinson
Factional wars puts a dampener on Liberal's Christmas party
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Factional wars puts a dampener on Liberal's Christmas party

A last-minute tussle has left the state division without a treasurer.

  • by Kylar Loussikian and Samantha Hutchinson
Guests full of mischief at Symond's Christmas party
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Guests full of mischief at Symond's Christmas party

It was rich-lister Ian Malouf who parked his yacht between Symond’s Point Piper digs and the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Thursday night.

  • by Kylar Loussikian and Samantha Hutchinson
Power play on museum's board
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Power play on museum's board

So it was with some surprise that this column confirmed Steinberg had actually left the high-powered board, led by Western Sydney University vice-chancellor Barney Glover, back in August.

  • by Kylar Loussikian and Samantha Hutchinson