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Before Seven, BRS set his sights even higher
Forget Married At First Sight. The most notable commitment ceremony in town is the very public one between Seven media mogul Kerry Stokes and Ben Roberts-Smith.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook
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Morrow on fighting ground with Aunty
Radio National’s Sunday Extra with Julian Morrow was its usual mix of intelligent conversation yesterday. But there’s one story it didn’t cover.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook
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Big line-up on the field for Cricket Australia’s top job
Headhunters working for Cricket Australia have started calling targets for the sporting body’s top job. And there’s a lot of names on the long list.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook
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Brothel, sauna protest forcing customers to use QR check-in codes
Big corporates on a phone hookup weren’t sure where to look when a brothel and sauna owner piped up about their issues with QR codes
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook
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Cricket Australia goes full Game of Thrones in appointing new chairman
It’s been almost 10 months since Cricket Australia chief executive Kevin Roberts resigned and British-born Nick Hockley was given the top job in an acting capacity.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook
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MPs rush to the market as property runs hot
Dave Sharma has had a big year in property. And he’s not the only politician cashing in on the property boom.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook
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Agony for Aunty as it cancels Ballard’s comedy set on Liberals
Readers might remember Tom Ballard’s Tonightly was axed after a skit calling an Australian Conservatives candidate the c-word. He’s now causing Aunty more trouble.
- by Samantha Hutchinson, Stephen Brook and Nick Miller
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Berne’s European escape to be caught on camera
When Brendan Berne’s term as Australia’s ambassador to France ended last year, CBD assumed he would boomerang back to Canberra for the compulsory desk stint. He’s got other plans.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook
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Our former man in Paris plots TV show
Brendan Berne has quit the diplomatic service for a new life in Burgundy, France, and is planning a new TV show.
- by Stephen Brook and Samantha Hutchinson
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Former Labor MP Kate Ellis unloads on party insiders
A book on the treatment of women in politics penned by former Labor sport minister Kate Ellis is bound to make an uncomfortable read for some of her former colleagues.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook
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Laming still in The Club at Virgin, Qantas
On the way out MP Andrew Laming updated this parliamentary register on March 24 to note he had renewed his membership to Queensland’s LNP. What timing.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook