Celebrating The Big Group,cabaret-style.

Bruce and Chyka Keebaugh told their guests to arrive by 6pm. Then a spot fire broke out

Melebrities last night celebrated the 35th anniversary of Bruce and Chyka Keebaugh’s The Big Group,but the night was not without some drama.

  • Stephen Brook

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Luke Sayers emerges at the Grand Prix

‘Good to be back’:Luke Sayers starts his comeback at the grand prix

Former Carlton president Luke Sayers has made his first public appearance since he became embroiled in a social media scandal over the summer.

  • Stephen Brook andCara Waters
Stylist Alicia Marshall Chantel Mila Inbotson wearing Alin Le’kal,Zoe Creed wearing Alin Le’kal,Bonnie Anderson wearing Jason Grech and Alex Pike wearing Alin Le’kal getting ready for the Glamour on the Grid party.

Hot Pies become soggy Pies as rain falls on grand prix’s fashion parade

Large golf umbrellas and rain ponchos were the must-have accessories at the Glamour on the Grid party at Albert Park raceway on Wednesday.

  • Stephen Brook andCara Waters
Northern Metropolitan MP Evan Mulholland is a man on a mission.

Outbreak of unity among Libs as party finds common ground at Liberty Forum

Rusted-on moderate Evan Mulholland will make speak at an event that puts saving the suburbs at the top of its agenda.

  • Broede Carmody andKishor Napier-Raman
Rumours about the random baseball-bat incident have been swirling for days at Melbourne’s court precinct. CBD can reveal the story is the truth,the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

A random attack left a barrister’s arm broken. He still marched into court to defend a client

Rumours of the baseball-bat incident have been swirling for days. CBD managed to track down the lawyer in question.

  • Broede Carmody andKishor Napier-Raman
A new regime is hoping to put Kooyong’s troubled past behind it.

Kooyong tennis club turns to ex-Bombers boss to steady the ship

Plus:Kylie serves to the Australian Open,Gladys is back,and TikTok doubles down on its Australian lobbying.

  • Stephen Brook andKishor Napier-Raman
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AFL Chairman Richard Goyder,his wife Janine Goyder,and Coles CEO Leah Weckert at Richmond Train Station after the Australian Open Men’s singles final.

Line call:Feted execs take the train home after Open finale

From corporate box seats to the cheap seats,Richard Goyder is no stranger to the Australian Open’s post-match pilgrimage.

  • Stephen Brook andKishor Napier-Raman
Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club

The anger plays on at ‘spiritual home of Australian tennis’

The Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club’s AGM wasn’t quite a revolution,but members refused to be silenced when asked to contain themselves to questions,not commentary.

  • Stephen Brook andKishor Napier-Raman
State Labor Parliamentary Secretary Bronwyn Halfpenny at A1 Bakery Fitzroy on Thursday

Labor MP Bronwyn Halfpenny makes an A1 recovery from her AI slip

After some gentle teasing this week over getting her A1s and AI’s in a muddle in a speech to a tech summit,CBD acknowledges fair play to Bronwyn Halfpenny.

  • Noel Towell
Nicole Livingstone looking glam for last year’s AFLW awards night.

Livingstone’s career turn takes her back to the Victorian Institute of Sport

The former Olympian’s stint as the AFL’s general manager of women’s sport ended last year,and now she’s landed in a new role.

  • Stephen Brook