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Lucy Macken

Lucy Macken

Lucy Macken is an investigative reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.

Artists impression of the Bonobo by Raes development in Byron Bay.

Empire under pressure: Catalano’s son scrambles for new lender to save luxury Byron project

The fallout from assault allegations against the media mogul continues, with his name also being removed from a slew of corporate registers.

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Antony Catalano when he was chief executive of real estate listing business Domain Group.

Cocaine, ‘The White Party’ and a boys’ club: Former employees speak about the Catalano work culture

Years before he was charged with assault, the media mogul oversaw a workplace culture where females were routinely referred to as “doll” and “babe”.

  • Lucy Macken and Kishor Napier-Raman
The row of four terraces on Crown Street, Surry Hills, was incorrectly shown to be on 597 square metres. The site is 297 square metres.

‘I want my $1m back’: Wealthy cattle baron in legal fight with valuer general

As typos go, the one issued to Theo Onisforou turned out to be an expensive one.

  • Lucy Macken
Media boss Antony Catalano’s $30 million Melbourne Penthouse is no longer up for sale.

Penthouse to courthouse: Antony Catalano’s empire unravels

The media mogul’s real estate agents have pulled his luxury Melbourne penthouse, which police were called to on Thursday night, from sale.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman, Lucy Macken and Julius Dennis
Liberal leader Angus Taylor.

How rich is Angus Taylor? The A to Z of the opposition leader’s portfolio

The latest leader of the Coalition comes from four generations of farmers, and his extensive landholdings are tied up in a web of family trusts and holding companies.

  • James Massola and Lucy Macken
Negotiations over 12 kilometres of fencing between Gina Rinehart’s farm and that of Kathy Pope have moved behind closed doors.

Case dismissed: Fence dispute between a disability pensioner and Gina Rinehart moves behind doors

Kathy Pope’s legal stoush with Australia’s richest person has taken a turn after a lawyer came forward to offer his services pro bono.

  • Lucy Macken
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Another year, another Quakers Hill agent suspended. This time it is DKB Real Estate founder Deepak Bangarh.

‘A victim of jealousy’: Another top-ranking Sydney real estate agent suspended

Deepak Bangarh’s suspension is quite the comedown, the agent having just been ranked the country’s third-best real estate agent by an industry award.

  • Lucy Macken
Gina Rinehart is one of the largest cattle farmers in the Northern Tablelands, with 42,000 hectares of farmland.

‘I have a case’: Rinehart’s neighbour gets a lesson in suing the billionaire

Disability pensioner Kathy Pope fronted up, via video, to the NSW Supreme Court for her legal suit involving Australia’s richest person and their 12 kilometres of shared fence.

  • Lucy Macken
Kathy Pope is suing Gina Rinehart over a dispute over 12 kilometres of fencing.

Gina Rinehart, the disability pensioner and a fight over 12km of fencing

As neighbour disputes go, it is the ultimate David versus Goliath battle: the billionaire with a legion of top-tier lawyers against Kathy Pope with no legal team.

  • Lucy Macken
Felix Lee (centre), his father Phillip Dong Fang Lee, and Lee Family Office chair Joe Hockey.

The 25-year-old tasked with fixing billionaire father’s mess enlists help of Joe Hockey

As Felix Lee launches his investment firm, he’s also trying to patch things up with his Mid North Coast neighbours.

  • Lucy Macken