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Birkin hell! Rebekah Brooks has Murdoch’s News Corp in the bag
A controversial star of the global Murdoch empire is turning heads in Australia with her regal style.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Free coffee perk now a cost-of-living casualty at the Guardian
It was supposed to be an incentive to encourage staff at the publication back into the office after the pandemic, but things had got out of hand.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Music is over for Trump’s Aussie journo fixer
Geelong-born former National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard, who helped Donald Trump into the Oval Office, has had a fresh business setback.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
This private school has banned water bottles from classrooms. Here are the results
Ballarat Clarendon College is trialling the removal of water bottles from some classrooms, and says it has improved results so far.
- by Stephen Brook
Art attack: The portrait Gina Rinehart does want you to see
After failing to have an unflattering portrait removed from the National Gallery of Australia, the nation’s wealthiest person has given a clear picture of what she likes.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
X marks the spat: former senator Xenophon fights to get his name back
The anti-pokies campaigner is taking on his former legal partner in court over the name of the firm they once ran together.
- by Noel Towell and Colin Kruger
Julie Bishop’s back in black, but not at the budget
The former foreign minister has reinvented herself as a style influencer after a star turn at Australian Fashion Week while her former colleagues trudged to Canberra for the budget.
- by Noel Towell and Colin Kruger
Sex appeal: Epic adult industry court case set for another round
The owner of the Maxine’s strip club has warned that a legal battle against an estranged former business partner may not be over yet.
- by Noel Towell and Colin Kruger
That’s a rap: Why Chalmers no longer pumps out the pre-budget hip-hop
The federal treasurer is a fan of rappers Tupac Shakur, Nas and Biggie Smalls, but revealed why his music taste has mellowed on the big days.
- by Noel Towell and Colin Kruger
‘Iron Dan’: Andrews’ next career move aligns with Forrest’s green dream
The former Victorian premier still has an eye for a big project: joining a billionaire to sell “green” iron to China.
- by Noel Towell and Colin Kruger
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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