14 November 2009 | The Prince AFRPrince@gmail.com | The Australian Financial Review
Every political party and local militia needs to wrestle with the issue of how they handle total war. You know what I mean. It's the Hitler rant scene from Downfall, the 2004 movie about the last days of the Third Reich.
14 November 2009 | The Prince AFRPrince@gmail.com | The Australian Financial Review
It's saddening when Australia's favourite sons and daughters leave the principality and go downmarket. They mix with foreigners and lose that refined feeling and bleeding-heart sensitivity that is so Australian.
14 November 2009 | The Prince AFRPrince@gmail.com | The Australian Financial Review
Kim Beazley has always described Brian Burke as an old friend, even when it was deeply unfashionable to be seen within cooee of the man in the panama hat. And there's a lot our next man in Washington can learn from the disgraced former West Australian premier.
14 November 2009 | The Prince AFRPrince@gmail.com | The Australian Financial Review
It was a tough week to be Minister for Competition Policy. Craig Emerson had to swallow his pride on Wednesday and announce the government had pulled the pin on a proposal allowing the parallel importation of books.
14 November 2009 | The Prince AFRPrince@gmail.com | The Australian Financial Review
One thing the market likes is an investor with consistent returns. It's hard to beat losing $1.8 billion on casino ventures, but James Packer is working on it.
14 November 2009 | The Prince AFRPrince@gmail.com | The Australian Financial Review
Melbourne took some time out from Tiger-mania this week to celebrate the winning of the Super Rugby franchise.
14 November 2009 | The Prince AFRPrince@gmail.com | The Australian Financial Review
The turtles are happy and the locals are still celebrating, but the cost of the clean-up will be a lot less festive.
14 November 2009 | The Prince AFRPrince@gmail.com | The Australian Financial Review
One auctioneer, two auction houses. Which preview to go to? That was Tim Goodman's dilemma on Thursday night, when the two auction houses now in his company's ownership, Sotheby's and Bonhams & Goodman, held competing Sydney previews. Goodman chose to gladhand his new clients at Sotheby's, leaving his art chief, Geoffrey Smith, to entertain the old crowd at B&G. Sometimes you have to move on.
