No more daggy dads:Father’s Day cards move with the times

No more daggy dads:Father’s Day cards move with the times

There are less of the fart jokes,big moustaches and barbecues. Instead,Australians are picking cards for their dads with a bit more sentiment.

  • byAlex Crowe

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‘Reputation is everything’:Three famous Aussie families on coping with succession

The families of Carla Zampatti,Michael Gudinski and Neil Balnaves describe how they grapple with a legacy – while grieving a loss.

  • byBrook Turner
WFH confessions:Michael works for Telstra from home - where he juggles a second job
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WFH confessions:Michael works for Telstra from home - where he juggles a second job

Between team meetings and writing documents on company processes,Telstra worker Michael takes a business call for his side hustle - but not to the dismay of his boss.

  • byCara Waters
Ladies in the house fill the bill
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Ladies in the house fill the bill

While mild mallard types visit paradise.

‘You need a haircut’:Bianca and Allegra Spender’s blunt love

‘You need a haircut’:Bianca and Allegra Spender’s blunt love

Sisters Allegra and Bianca Spender are close,but working together in the family business founded by their mother,Carla Zampatti,tested their bond.

  • byNicole Abadee
‘I don’t feel like a millionaire’:A father-son duo’s secret to success

‘I don’t feel like a millionaire’:A father-son duo’s secret to success

While Cedar Anderson and his father Stuart’s honey-extraction invention became a global success,the secret to a sweet life,they say,remains a simple one.

  • byJennifer Johnston
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We love dynasties,in part because they’re awful

We love dynasties,in part because they’re awful

The Kennedys,Murdochs and Guccis are best known for their tragedies:murder,overdoses and feuds. But their trauma and influence primes them to hurt the rest of us,too.

  • bySamantha Selinger-Morris
How Andrew Myer came to embrace the family name

How Andrew Myer came to embrace the family name

The filmmaker and philanthropist is a third-generation flagbearer for one of Australia’s wealthiest families but happy to have charted his own course.

  • byKarl Quinn
'Don’t talk about work':How family businesses avoid turning into soap operas

'Don’t talk about work':How family businesses avoid turning into soap operas

Overbearing parents,sibling rivalry,nepotism and emotional immaturity are all issues that can derail family business empires. Just ask the Rineharts.

  • byAndrew Taylor
The business cycle:how Flight Centre's Graham Turner helped son Matt pedal to success

The business cycle:how Flight Centre's Graham Turner helped son Matt pedal to success

Graham Turner,whose Flight Centre enterprise has been hit hard by COVID turbulence,has watched his son Matt's cycling retailer business 99 Bikes take off during the pandemic. They've supported each other through the ups and downs.

  • byAnne Hyland
'Nothing would stop us':the brothers who went from a bunker to an online empire

'Nothing would stop us':the brothers who went from a bunker to an online empire

Gabby Leibovich and his brother Hezi grew up in Israel near the Lebanese border. Emigrating here with their family in 1986,they have gone on to become two of Australia’s most successful online entrepreneurs.

  • byTim Elliott