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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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