This year has been like no other in my decades in the news business,much of it dedicated to reporting on the great theatre of life – warts and all – as it is played out on these pages week after week.
45 years ago,Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket arrived at VFL Park and left a massive scar in the centre of the $50 million dollar stadium as football’s showpiece was turned into a cricket ground.
Kerry Packer revolutionised cricket with World Series Cricket. Archives reveal the Reserve Bank almost stopped the plan,wary of what was proposed.
Greg Norman’s suggestion that Kerry Packer’s cricket revolution in the 1970s has parallels with LIV Golf would be laughable if the issues behind it weren’t so serious.
Kerry Packer’s long-time confidant Julie Trethowan looks to have reset an Elizabeth Bay apartment record. Elsewhere,Paul Keating has reshuffled his local portfolio,and guess who bought a $44 million pad in Barangaroo?
Are we ready for Peter Yeldham’s play that the censors stopped from appearing on our screens in 1962?
He helped save rugby league and turned one car dealership into a $2 billion fortune. But it’s never been just about the money – it’s also about loyalty.
This memoir is more than the media storm that has surrounded it.
Australian cricket has already had one almighty fight through private investment in the form of World Series Cricket. It shouldn’t be racing into another.
A new book on the Sydney Cricket Ground contains previously unpublished letters from Sir Donald Bradman in which he stridently fights against the cashed-up new competition of Kerry Packer.
I’ve been kicked out of plenty of Melbourne Cup marquees,but this was the first time I’d been banned before writing a single word.