CBD column: Twiggy’s plans for a new Rhodes scholarship – in Perth | kishor_nr bpreiss
dropped $65 million on a typically grandiose plan to launch a modern-day Rhodes Scholarship in Perth.Since then, the mining billionaire’s Forrest Research Foundation – which aims to attract the best and brightest academic stars from around the world to the city’s five universities – has copped a COVID-induced roadblock, thanks in no small part to Perth’s status as the most isolated outpost of Fortress Australia since 2020.
As director, Arvanitakis will oversee a rebrand and told CBD he was excited for the challenging task of bringing the world’s sharpest minds to Perth.“But every country had its challenges when it came to COVID. We want the city to become a cultural leader as well as an intellectual hub.”The Millennials are pouring into parliament, with Labor’s election win delivering a younger, more diverse crop of rookie MPs.
But there’s no such pain for Commbank’s executives. The bank’s results, released this week, showed Comyn got a major payday. His salary rose from $5.1 million in 2021 to $6.9 million in 2022.In fact, it was raises all around for the senior executive. The bulk of Comyn’s boost came from previously granted equity awards vested, a way of saying past bonuses which were contingent on hitting targets are now coming through, but his base salary went up by a cool $200,000, to $2.5 million.
Beyond the cult-like hazing rituals, ostentatious displays of wealth, old school tie elitism, and stubborn refusal to admit women until the year of our lord 2023, there’s Pauls’ weird fetishisation of the British Empire. This was, after all, the institution which once held a “British Raj” themed formal, complete with brown-skinned waiters serving cocktails to the largely white, GPS-educated chaps.
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