CBD
CBD feels the love at the Midwinter Ball
Business leaders, lobbyists, media executives and actors have descended on Canberra for a night of shameless networking … sorry, raising money for charity.
- by Stephen Brook
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The Tuck gives our senator in Canberra goosebumps
Senator Ralph Babet was thrilled to be centre stage in the presence of US pundit Tucker Carlson.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Scott Morrison denied membership of Sydney’s all-male Australian Club
Australia’s 30th prime minister was nominated for the ultra-exclusive club by Liberal luminaries John Howard and Bruce Baird in 2022. But so far, he has had no luck.
- by Michael Koziol
Meet the comedy team getting a green light to break road rules
The government has given special permission to a television comedy to break most of the road rules.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Low blow: Daily Telegraph goes too far with shocking Origin front page
We’re all for a bit of State of Origin biffo. But on Thursday, the News Corp tabloid appeared to take giddy pleasure in Queenslander Reece Walsh’s brutal concussion.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman
Julia Gillard still hasn’t seen her own play. What sort of ex-PM is she?
The Melbourne premiere of “Julia” was a triumph. But yet again its subject stayed well away.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Picture that: Visitors flock to gallery after Rinehart portrait row
The punters are piling in the door of the National Gallery of Australia in the wake of the mining billionaire’s portrait-removal campaign.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Labor ministers shed staff, shuffle the deck chairs as election looms
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