Premiers and billionaires line up to farewell an ad industry giant

Premiers and billionaires line up to farewell an ad industry giant

Three former premiers and business magnates were among the mourners who gathered to farewell media businessman and philanthropist Harold Mitchell.

  • byStephen Brook

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Man of green steel:Dan Andrews takes the billionaire career path

Man of green steel:Dan Andrews takes the billionaire career path

What happens when an immovable former premier meets an unstoppable billionaire?

  • byColin Kruger andNoel Towell
Upstart writers festival aiming to take Melbourne’s mantle
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Upstart writers festival aiming to take Melbourne’s mantle

This week’s Melbourne Writers Festival will hope to capture the same success as the Sorrento Writers Festival held last month.

  • byStephen Brook
The billionaire versus the banks:The fight over the death of cash
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The billionaire versus the banks:The fight over the death of cash

Billionaire Lindsay Fox’s ownership of Armaguard makes him the king of cash (of sorts). The trouble is cash is going the way of the dodo.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Outcry over Lindsay Fox using school oval to land his helicopter
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Outcry over Lindsay Fox using school oval to land his helicopter

Billionaire Lindsay Fox is attracting the ire of South Yarra residents for his use of Melbourne High School’s oval as a helicopter landing pad.

  • byCara Waters
Thawing the freezer:How Jacinta Allan is resetting the state

Thawing the freezer:How Jacinta Allan is resetting the state

Away from official positions,the premier is quietly assembling the key members of her squad.

  • byStephen Brook andKieran Rooney
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The $1 million piano that plays itself (just as well,because its owner can’t)

The $1 million piano that plays itself (just as well,because its owner can’t)

The new $7 million Steinway Gallery in Armadale is backed by Lindsay Fox,a big fan of the world-class German-made pianos.

  • byKerrie O'Brien
Waverley councillors go nuclear in opposition to AUKUS pact

Waverley councillors go nuclear in opposition to AUKUS pact

Greens councillors’ motion calling on Anthony Albanese to pull out of AUKUS didn’t win many favours.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
The race is on for the grand prix of party invitations

The race is on for the grand prix of party invitations

For some,it’s the most sought-after social function of its kind. Even now,just days out from Wednesday night’s party,influencers are bombarding organisers in the hope of securing a prized invitation.

  • byStephen Brook
‘It was a barbecue’:Nothing inappropriate about billionaire’s event,Andrews says

‘It was a barbecue’:Nothing inappropriate about billionaire’s event,Andrews says

The premier has shut down suggestions he discussed the Fox family’s business interests at a barbecue at Lindsay Fox’s Portsea mansion on Saturday.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola andBroede Carmody
‘He taught me hard work’:Lindsay Fox’s granddaughter eyes catwalk

‘He taught me hard work’:Lindsay Fox’s granddaughter eyes catwalk

Being the offspring of a famous family certainly opens doors,but Coco Fox is hoping to forge her own path as a fashion model.

  • byMelissa Singer