Martin Pakula
Taxpayers stung $125m to cover COVID class action payout
About 16,000 businesses financially hit by 112 days of pandemic lockdowns have had a legal win, which also means former government ministers will avoid giving evidence.
- Daniella White and Rachel Eddie
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Michelle Obama’s Sydney tour to be held ‘off the record’
Journalists and other media have bizarrely been told that they won’t be welcome at the former first lady’s tour of Australia in May.
- John Buckley and Fiona Byrne
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- Australian Grand Prix
Drivers risk ‘permanent nerve damage’ from new Formula 1 cars, team boss warns
The alarming comments from new Aston Martin team principal Adrian Newey came after Australian Grand Prix chair Martin Pakula admitted he feared not all the teams would make it to Melbourne in time for the event.
- Hannah Kennelly and Cara Waters
Grand Prix redevelopment blows out by $115m after asbestos find
Taxpayers are facing a hefty bill to pay for works to clean up and expand the Formula 1 pit facilities at Albert Park.
- Patrick Hatch and Kieran Rooney
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- MotoGP
Victoria set to lose Phillip Island Motorcycle Grand Prix
The MotoGP’s owners want to move the race to Albert Park, in inner Melbourne. If the state government does not cave, the race could end up in Adelaide.
- Cameron Houston and Lachlan Abbott
- AFL club powerbrokers
- AFL 2025
The $13,000 Carlton membership that opens doors to the rich and famous
While other clubs cling to the glad rags of their few rich supporters, Carlton have much deeper ties to business.
- Sarah Danckert
Tartan party! Lindsay Fox throws another men-only birthday bash
The billionaire trucking magnate rented out Crown Resorts’ flagship restaurant for his birthday shindig, where tartan, kilts and whisky flowed freely.
- Stephen Brook
Melbourne elite petrolheads out in force
The famous were out and about at the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix – including Australia’s most unobtrusive billionaire.
- Stephen Brook and Cara Waters
‘A festival of adrenaline and food and drink’: Grand prix’s female-friendly focus
The Formula 1 grand prix is becoming like the Birdcage, say some attendees.
- Stephen Brook
Cost of hosting this year’s F1 grand prix hits record $100m
Victorian taxpayers have been left with a record bill from this year’s Formula 1 race, with runaway costs associated with the race outpacing the revenue generated by record attendances.
- Chip Le Grand