CBD
Dear diary: What the government’s first meetings reveal about power in NSW
In the government’s first few weeks, newly minted ministers met with newspapers, TV, Ray Hadley and billionaire nonagenarians.
- by Angus Dalton and Simone Fox Koob
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Harry Styles announces Sydney wildlife donation – to the wrong zoo
Taronga Zoo is the recipient of a philanthropic gift from Harry Styles. But he announced he’d donated to a lesser known institution in western Sydney.
- by Angus Dalton and Madeleine Heffernan
Q and eh? Karvelas eyes live broadcast from India for flagship program
CBD can reveal big plans to take Q+A offshore – but don’t worry, it’s coming back.
- by Angus Dalton and Madeleine Heffernan
Embattled Home Affairs department awarded A+ for spin
Albanian criminals may be slipping through Home Affairs’ fingers, but opportunities to post Neighbours-themed memes are not.
- by Angus Dalton
Is the man who controls your taxes about to be replaced?
Little attention has been paid to the looming end of Australian Tax Office boss Chris Jordan’s second term, or who’s expected to replace him.
- by Amelia McGuire and Charlotte Grieve
Dreyfus’ department dodges disclosures
This country’s freedom of information regime has once again revealed itself to be a complete disgrace.
- by Amelia McGuire and Charlotte Grieve
Back to school for PwC as staff sit ethics test
The embattled audit firm has been ordered to report every six months on its compliance training, complete with diagrams and scorecards.
- by Amelia McGuire and Charlotte Grieve
Charlie Teo reflects on taking high road to the Himalayas
Motorist enthusiasts have been invited to dine with the controversial neurosurgeon to dissect his latest challenge... a recent overseas motorcycle trip.
- by Amelia McGuire and Charlotte Grieve
Kevin Rudd is now a Barbie girl. Please look away
Australian politicians and government agencies are giving free advertising to toymaker conglomerate Mattel at nauseating rates.
- by Amelia McGuire and Charlotte Grieve
Magistrate compares domestic violence perpetrator to ‘dog excreta’
CBD’s favourite magistrate Roger Prowse has said he would rather pick up dog poo than speak to one of his cases.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and David Estcourt
The gleaming CBD ‘fryscraper’ too glittering and mirror-like for its own good
Imagine, if you will, a Melbourne tower so spectacular, so … reflective, that it beams light so intensely it cooks people in the building opposite. Well, our CBD has just that.
- by David Estcourt and Kishor Napier-Raman