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Holgate looking the big-spender for her spotlight moment
Christine Holgate made sure that she looked the part for her career defining - and potentially ending - appearance at Senate estimates on Thursday.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook
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Bad timing: Holgate's very expensive estimates watch
The gold watch watch from luxury Italian jeweller Bulgari can retail for as much as $48,300 locally.
- by Stephen Brook and Samantha Hutchinson
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Green thumbs and money trees at Australia Post
Not content with shelling out $2.5 million a year in pay and bonuses for chief executive Christine Holgate, the organisation’s extravagant ways now include pot plants.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook
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Kennedy in auction hot seat with Speaker's Chair
Australian Parliament’s very first Speaker's Chair is available to buy as part of businessman Trevor Kennedy’s private collection which will be put for auction at the end of the month.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Tom Cowie
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Ken Done headed for court over Bondi units
There's a big planning spat cooking in Bondi. And just in time for summer, too.
- by Samantha Hutchinson
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Big names scale The Everest, minus a couple
Premier Gladys Berejiklian was a notable absence at The Everest at Randwick on Saturday.
- by Samantha Hutchinson
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Clarke jets out of Judith Neilson's JNI
Prue Clarke, who helped establish the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas, has abruptly departed after only 18 months. Not exactly a long stint.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook
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'Digital first': Farewell to print for GQ
The forthcoming November/December issue will be the final print edition of GQ Australia after 22 years.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook
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Credlin tipped as contender for prime spot on Senate ticket
Those close to the Liberal Party believe Peta Credlin’s recent appearance in the press pack at Daniel Andrews’ media briefings was a sign of her ambitions.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook
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From Queen and country, kudos for campaign king
An OBE for political service ain't bad for someone who got their professional start as a liquidator at Ferrier Hodgson.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook
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Kevin Rudd and the Murdoch connection
If a Murdoch royal commission gets off the ground, the most scintillating witness about the co-dependency of politicians and the "Murdoch mafia" could be Kevin Rudd.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook