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Birkin hell! Rebekah Brooks has Murdoch’s News Corp in the bag
The controversial star of the global Murdoch empire is turning heads in Australia with her regal style.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
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Defence conference brings Labor’s old enemies together again
Old foes from Labor’s internal power struggles Kevin Rudd and Stephen Smith will join former PM Malcolm Turnbull at defence think tank’s conference next month.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Music fades for Trump’s Aussie journo fixer
Geelong-born former National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard helped Donald Trump to the Oval Office and isn’t going to let a business setback stop him trying.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
The portrait Gina Rinehart does want you to see
The National Gallery refused to remove a portrait the billionaire didn’t like. So her people came up with their own effort.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Albanese and Labor ministers shed staff as election draws closer
With an election due in the next 12 months, CBD has a rundown on the latest comings and goings in the ministerial wing.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman
X marks the spat: Xenophon’s legal battle to get his name back
The anti-pokies campaigner is taking on his former business partner over one letter in his former law firm’s new name.
- by Colin Kruger and Noel Towell
Multiple frock changes seal Julie Bishop’s role as style ambassador
While her former political colleagues were trudging into freezing Canberra for a gruelling Budget week, Julie Bishop was stepping out in style.
- by Colin Kruger and Noel Towell
How much money is enough? Elon Musk’s Aussie chair battles to secure billions for her boss
Tesla’s Australian chair is seeking to revive Elon Musk’s fortunes by getting investors to reinstate his $US56 billion bonus.
- by Colin Kruger
Man of green steel: Dan Andrews takes the billionaire career path
What happens when an immovable former premier meets an unstoppable billionaire?
- by Colin Kruger and Noel Towell
Move over, Met Gala: Labor’s budget night bash the big ticket in town
Tickets to a Labor budget night fundraiser have sold out. The Liberals, meanwhile, can’t fill their tables.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
You come at Kyle Sandilands’ salary, you best not miss
The crude, rude and fabulously wealthy shock jock’s salary details could be handed to opposing lawyers after the radio industry lost a fight in the Copyright Tribunal.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook