The two biggest news stories in town collided dramatically on Tuesday evening.
for flight upgrades, sending the prime minister into days of damage control.detailing allegations of widespread sexual harassment, exploitation of female staff and rampant drug use at hospitality empire Merivale’s venues. It meant that Hemmesphere, the Merivale-owned cocktail bar that hosted proceedings, made for a slightly awkward choice of venue.the billionaire Merivale boss, put on a generous bar tab for his mate Aston’s star-studded 30th birthday bash at the Ivy.
Those views got just that little bit more pristine after someone vandalised a few trees on the foreshore walk beneath the Hemmes’ mansion. CBD is trying to find the culprit. The online course, which they were told they were required to undertake by April 30 next year, is centred on “managing the risks associated with gifts, benefits and hospitality”, as well as conflicts of interest. Well then.
While CBD understands the staff assignment was planned long before the release of Aston’s book, clearly nobody at Qantas clocked the optics of pressing send right when the headlines about political favouritism were kicking off yet again. The cockpit and cabin crew still seem woefully out of sync.who got up on Tuesday in front of a room full of journalists at the Melbourne Press Club and addressed the question he figured they would all want answered.
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