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New jet for Kerry Stokes, Forrest next in queue
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Kerry Stokes has upgraded his wings.
We must however concede our original mail was slightly off: the Seven Group chairman hasn’t taken delivery of a new Global Express 6000 (the preferred runabout of Visy chairman
Anthony Pratt), he’s lashed out on the 7500!
Kerry Stokes took delivery of his new Bombardier Global Express 7500 on Monday.
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As far as we know, Stokes is only the second Australian to own the new Bombardier varietal (list price: $94 million), the first from the Canadian manufacturer that can fly between Australia’s eastern capitals and the contiguous United States without a refuelling stop. Billionaire Melbourne landlord
The Trump era might not yet be over. But the Trump presidency – or at least one Trump presidency – certainly is. For the United States, it’s time to clean up the wreckage. For the rest of us, there’s also damage to undo.
Yet, just as Australia managed to emerge from the global financial crisis in better shape than any country had the right to expect, so it emerges from the Trump presidency in surprisingly reasonable shape - especially considering the global calamities still unfolding around us.
Just how much credit Australia’s federal government deserves for that result is worth considering. Australia had two prime ministers during the Trump era, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison.
So many levels of wrongness: John Barilaroâs politics as usual looks after the Big End of Town
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February 14, 2021 â 12.10am
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They donât call the Deputy Premier John PorkâBarrel-aro for nothing. Last Sunday I wrote of the outrage of how, out of the $177 million given out by the NSW government for the Bushfire Recovery Fund, just $2.5 million went to seats held by Labor and the Greens. I noted how indefensible it was that, while the ALP seat of Blue Mountains had 80 per cent of its World Heritage areas burnt out and got â dot three, carry one, subtract two â nothing, the NSW electoral seat of Wagga Wagga recently lost by the Libs, was more fortunate. Yes, it got $45 million.
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The federal Labor Party will consider banning donations from Crown in light of a NSW report that found the company enabled money-laundering by criminals at its Melbourne casino.
The company, which runs casinos in Melbourne and Perth, donated $1.78 million to federal political candidates in the past 10 years, with $550,000 of that money going to candidates from Victorian political parties since 2010 and $875,000 to candidates from WA.
A NSW judicial found there was âno doubtâ money laundering had occurred at Crownâs Melbourne casino.
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Crown was the 13th largest donor to federal politicians in the previous financial year, with an outlay of $184,000.