Omicron comes to the party,cancels our hot vax New Year’s Eve

Omicron comes to the party,cancels our hot vax New Year’s Eve

Many parties and fireworks displays were cancelled or scaled-down due to a rise in coronavirus infections,including a star-studded New Year’s Eve party in Vaucluse.

  • byLucy Manly

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How COVID arbitrage became the trade of the year

How COVID arbitrage became the trade of the year

The choice of where to live,how to work and which international schools to attend provided relative comfort for the rich this year.

  • byTim Culpan
Race that stops nation not enough to lure Waterhouse home

Race that stops nation not enough to lure Waterhouse home

The polarising bookmaker has decamped to the UK,where he is now reinventing himself as a stockbroker.

  • byLucy Manly
Infection scare sent Ian Thorpe to ICU after surgery complications
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Infection scare sent Ian Thorpe to ICU after surgery complications

The former swimming legend is “all good now” after spending five nights at Macquarie University Hospital battling a serious infection contracted while in hospital.

  • byLucy Manly
Cannon-Brookes cuts family ties with elite Sydney school

Cannon-Brookes cuts family ties with elite Sydney school

A prominent eastern suburbs identity told Emerald City the move was a huge loss for Cranbrook.

  • byLucy Manly
Inside the golf club that suggested members use water taxis to beat 5km rule
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Inside the golf club that suggested members use water taxis to beat 5km rule

“The real secrecy today is getting in as a member of Royal Sydney – the club is not really about golf,” one player told Emerald City.

  • byLucy Manly
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Hermes handbags,cars and fine wine got the ultra-rich through COVID-19

Hermes handbags,cars and fine wine got the ultra-rich through COVID-19

Although the world was confined indoors for most of the pandemic-hit 2020 year,for those consumers with cash,they spent the time buying high-end luxury goods and accessories and upmarket homes.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
The rich,the famous .. and COVID:Sydney’s year in gossip

The rich,the famous .. and COVID:Sydney’s year in gossip

We look back at a few of the memories we hope to forget come 2021.

  • byLucy Manly
Rich-list family heads to court over dispute with'step-child'

Rich-list family heads to court over dispute with'step-child'

The dispute over the estate of the late Robert Smorgon has laid bare sensitive and complex details about a family dynasty worth billions.

  • bySamantha Hutchinson
Lindsay Fox in land grab for more Portsea beachfront
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Lindsay Fox in land grab for more Portsea beachfront

The land titles office approved an application for the rich-lister to own a portion of beach in 2013. Now he wants more.

  • byRoyce Millar andChris Vedelago
Jeff Bezos sets record splurging out on $245 million Beverly Hills home

Jeff Bezos sets record splurging out on $245 million Beverly Hills home

The purchase by the Amazon.com billionaire of the so-called Warner Estate is the latest in a string of mega-deals for residential properties in the US.

  • bySpencer Soper andSophie Alexander