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New 2GB and 3AW owner Craig Laundy has opened the door to Ray Hadley’s return.

New talkback moguls open to Ray Hadley’s return

Former moderate Liberal MP Craig Laundy confirmed he retained a party membership, but would not let that influence presenters on 2GB and 3AW.

  • Calum Jaspan

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Ray Hadley would be happy to return to the airwaves on his old station.

Ray Hadley would return to the airwaves. But does 2GB want him?

The veteran broadcaster left in 2024 after decades on air as a top-rating talkback broadcaster with a conservative streak and a love of sport.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Calum Jaspan
Pub baron Arthur Laundy (centre), with daughter Danielle and her husband Shane Richardson at the Red Lion Hotel in Rozelle.

Pub barons call for end to tax slug on drinkers

The Laundy family is plunging millions into Sydney’s ailing hospitality sector, defying the cost-of-living crisis.

  • Andrew Taylor
Arthur Laundy.

Pub baron, disgraced NRL chief front Roger Rogerson’s memorial

Arthur Laundy, of the hotel empire fame, and Gary McIntyre, former president of the Canterbury Bulldogs, were among guests at a secret memorial for the killer cop.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Craig Laundy at the  Woolwich Pier Hotel in Sydney, one of 30 pubs and hotels in the family empire.

Morrison’s tourism ‘sugar hit’ not enough to stop hospitality job losses: Laundy

Meanwhile, Merivale boss Justin Hemmes said if JobKeeper ends in two weeks, restrictions on bars and pubs must ease.

  • Michael Koziol
Craig Laundy with his father Arthur Laundy, head of Laundy Family pub empire, Oxford Hotel, Drummoyne

'Heart of a community': Laundy optimistic about pub sector

Hospitality stalwart's purchase of the Oxford Hotel in Drummoyne for $42 million is a sign of his confidence in the sector.

  • Carolyn Cummins
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Publican Stu Laundy is dating a fellow reality star.

Stu Laundy courting fellow reality star Megan Marx

Sydney’s most eligible bachelor may no longer be on the market after he was spied on the Northern Beaches with Marx.

  • Lucy Manly
Senator Amanda Stoker and South Australian MP Nicolle Flint are scheduled to headline the dinner, but have not confirmed their participation.

Liberal MPs 'very disappointed' by comments from branch president

Two female Liberal MPs due to speak at a fundraiser on the party’s "woman problem" say they are "very disappointed" by comments made by the event’s organiser.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
Mathias Cormann withdrew his support for Malcolm Turnbull the day before the final leadership ballot.

'A dangerous dynamic': Cormann to blame for Turnbull's axing, says Craig Laundy

Malcolm Turnbull would have survived the extraordinary leadership spill if Mathias Cormann had not abandoned him, according to the former PM's ally Craig Laundy.

  • Max Koslowski
Israel Folau is proceeding with a Fair Work Commission claim against Rugby Australia and NSW Rugby.

Take-off aborted on one Folau plan

Israel Folau’s crusade against Rugby Australia’s decision to punt him has had more twists and turns than a Transylvanian goat track.

  • Kylar Loussikian and Samantha Hutchinson