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Businessman Joseph Gersh at the Saint Haven club in South Yarra.

Joe Gersh thinks Melbourne is falling behind Sydney. And he knows how to fix it

The first thing that hits is the smell of premium scented air. The exclusive venue is where I sit down to lunch with Joe Gersh, businessman, philanthropist, ex-ABC board member turned virulent critic – a man who upended his life and doesn’t pull any punches.

  • Stephen Brook

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Seek co-founder Paul Bassat and former NSW Education Department secretary Georgina Harrisson.

The high-profile powerbrokers with a big idea to make Australia better

A new grassroots organisation with “the head of a think-tank and the heart of a community organisation” hopes to solve gnarly policy issues.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Hunter Johnson regretted his behaviour at school so much that he contacted teachers and students in his 20s to apologise. “I was really just a dick,” he says.

‘What’s bubbling underneath’: Showing teen boys how to master emotion and empathy

Former rugby player Hunter Johnson is today tackling different terrain: helping the next generation of young men handle tricky feelings.

  • Melissa Fyfe
It has been quite the week for Jacinta Allan.

New premier, not-so-new PM, old rocker: Inside the AFL grand final lunch

AFL chair Richard Goyder presided but stuck to talking about football rather than embattled Qantas, which he also chairs.

  • Cara Waters and Lachlan Abbott
Hunter Johnson founded mental health charity The Man Cave and men’s skincare brand STUFF.

The good STUFF: Thorpey-backed men’s skincare brand made to be sold

Profits from STUFF go towards mental health programs for teenage boys – and founder Hunter Johnson is hoping Australians pitch in to take it to the world.

  • Jessica Yun
From left: Lisa, Jennie Kim, Rose, and Jisoo of Blackpink perform at the Coachella Festival in 2019.

The Australian star bigger than Kylie Minogue you’ve never heard of

Roseanne Park has more than 70 million Instagram followers, is one of the world’s most downloaded artists, and by the time she flies out of Sydney this weekend, she will have performed for more than 50,000 people.

  • Andrew Hornery
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Square Peg Capital’s Paul Bassat.

Square Peg’s Paul Bassat heads to Sydney, pays $10.25 million

Quick, hide the trophy homes, the Melburnians are coming.

  • Lucy Macken
Cliff Obrecht and Melanie Perkins with Cameron Adams (left), Canva’s third co-founder.

An uncomfortable reality is finally dawning on Australia’s tech sector

Local start-ups accustomed to endless glowing magazine covers and uncritical coverage are having trouble adjusting to the souring of sentiment.

  • Nick Bonyhady
Paul Bassat’s Square Peg Capital has issued a forthright view of the Australian start-up ecosystem.

‘Cognitive dissonance’: Lean times loom for start-ups after bull market mania

In a candid letter to investors, the venture fund Square Peg predicts more start-up failures, lower valuations and slower returns.

  • Nick Bonyhady
Improving your health in the lead-up won’t hurt and may help reduce some reported side effects.

Google mandating staff to get vaccinated hits roadblock in Australia

Google is requiring staff worldwide to get COVID jabs to return to the office. The tech giant may struggle to enforce the policy in Australia.

  • Cara Waters