Andrew Hornery

Sydney

Senior Writer at Sydney Morning Herald

Sydney journalist and columnist behind Private Sydney only in the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun Herald. All opinions are mine, and mine alone.

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Articles

‘You don’t know what you’re missing out on’: Meet Australia’s new Mrs Thrifty

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Andrew Hornery

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Looking back, it seemed like the unlikeliest of friendships. What could a leftie, art-collecting, inner-city gay couple possibly have in common with church-going, devoutly conservative grandparents from deep in the ‘burbs? And yet, over a bubbling kitchen cauldron and alongside rows of antique jars filled with all manner of preserved goodies, it turns out, quite a bit.
‘Things work differently in Bali’: When Amanda’s son died, she learnt a difficult lesson

Feb 7, 2025 | watoday.com.au | Andrew Hornery

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‘Things work differently in Bali’: When Amanda’s son died, she learnt a difficult lesson

Feb 7, 2025 | smh.com.au | Andrew Hornery

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This story is part of the February 8 edition of Good Weekend.See all 11 stories. When I visit Amanda Lennon at her home in one of Sydney’s most expensive neighbourhoods, it’s only been six weeks. Six weeks since her life was upended, turned inside out, left in ruins.
Murky past of publisher Brad Shaw – and the authors suing him for missing royalties

Aug 24, 2024 | smh.com.au | Andrew Hornery

Murky past of publisher Brad Shaw – and the authors suing him for missing royaltiesWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. For years Dan Moon judiciously tinkered away at his memoir.
Bullying claims, death threat at centre of elite Sydney stockbroker's lawsuit

Aug 10, 2024 | smh.com.au | Andrew Hornery

CMC claims it was Vargas who breached its professional behaviour and conduct codes on a separate, subsequent occasion with another co-worker, which resulted in him receiving a "warning letter" in August 2023. It said there were "no other reasons" why he was made redundant five months later beyond "the application of objective selection criteria" in which Vargas "obtained the lowest score".
Former partner of wealthy Sydney businessman loses court battle over his estate

Jul 31, 2024 | smh.com.au | Andrew Hornery

There was "a very good reason" for Findlay to make a new will when he did, said Justice Rees, who concluded he was an "experienced businessman" who had accumulated significant wealth. While she found Kemp to be a "polite" witness, she doubted aspects of her testimony, including her knowledge of Findlay's 2019 will and the timing of their relationship breakdown. "He had become appraised, in no uncertain terms, that his relationship with Ms Kemp was over ...
Developers circle Sydney's oldest brothels as sex work goes freelance

Jul 19, 2024 | smh.com.au | Andrew Hornery

Aside from enormous faux bronze mock-baroque urns outside, the neat row of Victorian terraces along Albion Street in Surry Hills offers little clue they are home to the city's oldest brothel. Billed as Sydney's oldest brothel, the future of Tiffany's Girls in Surry Hills is uncertain. However, after decades servicing the carnal desires of this town (About $230 per 30 minutes), the future of Tiffany's Girls is uncertain.
Battle of wills plays out over high-flyer's $20 million estate

Jul 11, 2024 | smh.com.au | Andrew Hornery

A battle of wills over who should inherit the multimillion-dollar estate of high-flying Eastern suburbs businessman Andrew Findlay, whose body was found washed up on rocks near The Gap almost a year ago following a fishing mishap, has played out in equally dramatic fashion in the Supreme Court of NSW.
Point Piper millionaire loses latest fee battle against her own lawyers

Jul 1, 2024 | smh.com.au | Andrew Hornery

Maloney also owns the historic Plaza Theatre site at 600 George Street, estimated to be worth up to $40 million, and according to property records, it is mortgaged to a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. Previously part of her ex-husband's hotel company, it has been the site of Planet Hollywood and the Star Bar mega venues, though it is currently dormant. Maloney said she has plans to relaunch the site as the Plaza Hotel following a major renovation.
Mad Witches target advertisers in push to ditch 'VileKyle' Sandilands

Jun 21, 2024 | smh.com.au | Andrew Hornery

During the show's first breakfast broadcast beamed into Melbourne, Sandilands' 49-year-old co-host Jackie O (real name Jaqueline Henderson) told listeners she was a single mum who had never had a sexually transmitted infection, to which Sandilands, mimicking her voice, said: "Oh I've kept this pussy pristine." Sandilands described himself as a "coke-sniffing asshole" while the show's director Bruno Bouchet - once sacked from the show over insensitive social media comments following a US...