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Nice legs shame about the PM's face
The clash between Liberal moderates and pro-coal National Party MPs dominated Tuesday’s Coalition party room meeting.
- by Kylar Loussikian and Samantha Hutchinson
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Keating performs star turn
Paul Keating held nothing back when he appeared as the star of Labor’s start of the year knees-up in Canberra on Monday night.
- by Kylar Loussikian and Samantha Hutchinson
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'Lazy lord' misses out on will
Twice-bankrupt self-styled “Lord” Battenberg — better known as prominent one-time Sydney liquidator Andrew Charles Lee — has failed in his bid to claim a share of his aunt’s will.
- by Kylar Loussikian and Samantha Hutchinson
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Sinodinos launches diplomatic mission from Paddington
Senate retiree and future ambassador Arthur Sinodinos enjoyed a tasty send off at Lucio's.
- by Kylar Loussikian and Samantha Hutchinson
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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