CBD
Bad bankers, pusillanimous pollies and sulky sports stars: CBD’s year in review
CBD recaps an eventful year in which the dirty laundry of our movers and shakers was more public than usual.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
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Triple J veteran Richard Kingsmill made redundant by ABC
On Monday, the ABC released a glowing tribute to announce Triple J music director Richard Kingsmill’s departure. It didn’t mention he’d been made redundant.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
What links Boris Johnson and Taylor Swift? They sold out in Sydney
The former British PM’s visit down under aroused such excitement that the organisers had to boost the event’s capacity.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Alan Joyce keeps dodging Sydney Theatre Company crisis
The company faces backlash over its handling of a pro-Palestinian protest. So where is chairman Alan Joyce during all this?
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
‘Your rights are at risk’: Liberal factions attack party reforms
A proposal to reform the Liberal Party’s NSW division has drawn the ire of the party’s hard right faction, which claims it will take away members’ rights.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and David Estcourt
Chaser’s Julian Morrow loses four-year legal battle
The High Court rejected Morrow’s special leave application after a bitter four-year court battle with former friend and collaborator Nick Murray.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Left-wing insurgents fight Labor for public sector union control
An alliance of progressives including a communist party member are challenging the leadership of the CPSU at internal elections.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
‘Like a toddler’: departed senior cricket writer lashes News Corp
Veteran writer and journalist Gideon Haigh, who parted ways with The Australian last month, gave a scathing description of his separation with the paper.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Simone Fox Koob
Former MP Stuart Robert explores a new cause: Saving Aussie retail
The scandal-prone former minister is now CEO of an online shopping portal that accuses foreign competitors of ‘destroying’ Australian retail.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Liam Mannix
Ben Roberts-Smith backer Ross Coulthart wins ‘pseudoscience’ award
Former journalist Ross Coulthart, who spun for war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith, won the Australian Skeptics’ bent spoon award for his claims about UFOs.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
NSW governor hated noisy party boats, until she hopped aboard
Margaret Beazley, a frequent complainer about party boats on Sydney Harbour, was all smiles for the wedding of philanthropist Tom Snow.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell