Myriam Robin

Melbourne

Editor, Rear Window at Australian Financial Review

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Merivale’s Justin Hemmes unleashes Melbourne charm offensive after initial backlash

1 week ago | afr.com | Myriam Robin |Sarah Petty

In 1895, denizens of the Melbourne Club were so bothered by a bacchanalian ball in the back garden that, according to club legend, they planted a series of plane trees to prevent the future erection of any marquees. The trees – and their surrounding greenery – are now the pride of the institution, and some of the oldest in Melbourne. They may impede far more than those historic revelries, if the club has its way. Loading... Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.
Victorian State Library Christine Christian on why she’s resigning as board chair

3 weeks ago | afr.com | Myriam Robin

Jun 7, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Before she was the chief executive of Dun & Bradstreet, the first Australian woman to lead a management buyout, and a company director, Christine Christian grew up in the country, an hour out of Melbourne.
Bishop stares down critics: ‘I turn down many more roles than I take on’

1 month ago | afr.com | Myriam Robin

May 2, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? About three years ago, Julie Bishop starred in a YouTube video to spruik Mineral Resources, the iron ore business founded by Chris Ellison.
Inside the well-heeled battle for Kooyong

2 months ago | afr.com | Myriam Robin

Apr 11, 2025 – 6.01pmGift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginOn Thursday night at Solly Lew’s mansion, friends of the billionaire rag trader were invited by his wife Rosie for a “pre-election briefing and discussion” with Millennial Liberal candidate and former fintech executive Amelia Hamer. Loading...
Male-dominated industries are bad, but not why you might think

2 months ago | afr.com | Myriam Robin

Australia’s unusually high level of gender segregation in the workforce when compared to similar economies is a drag on productivity that makes us all poorer, says the chief executive of the Grattan Institute, Dr Aruna Sathanapally. Speaking to some 900 mostly female C-suite leaders at the Chief Executive Women annual dinner on Thursday night, the head of the public policy think tank said few in the room needed to be lectured by economists on the importance of matching talent to the right role.
Peter Dutton, Jane Hume with WFH policy showed the Liberals picking a new fight with women

2 months ago | afr.com | Myriam Robin

Apr 8, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? For the first time in recent political memory, the Coalition’s path to victory is believed to lie through Melbourne’s outer suburbs. So, as Peter Dutton abandoned plans to force Canberra public servants to work predominantly from the office, Victorian Liberal campaigners could only shake their heads.
Trump tariffs: Joe Hockey remains Australia’s Donald Trump-whisperer

2 months ago | afr.com | Myriam Robin

Apr 4, 2025 – 9.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The night of Bondi Partners’ annual Sydney garden party is always one of intrigue. Unlike, say, the charity dinners or other society events that dot the harbour city’s social calendar, this is not a night for heiresses or wealthy scions.
‘More confidence than I should’: lunch with the divisive Tim Wilson

2 months ago | afr.com | Myriam Robin

Apr 4, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Ousted Liberal Tim Wilson stood in front of the preselectors in Goldstein, and made a fateful pitch. Follow our live coverage of the 2025 federal election. Loading... or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.
Sarah Wynn-Williams worked for Twiggy Forrest as he sued over scam ads

2 months ago | afr.com | Myriam Robin

Andrew Forrest’s legal pursuit of Meta over the 230,000 scam ads bearing his image the social media giant ran from 2019 has been widely noted. Less remarked upon: the depth of his agitations, which go far deeper than a mere personal objection to the company formerly known as Facebook profiting off his good name. Loading...
Labor, Liberal staffers cash in on workplace perks as election called

Mar 30, 2025 | afr.com | Myriam Robin

The election campaign formally started on Friday, but as the budget was handed down last Tuesday, Parliament House was emptier than usual. Hundreds of staffers from each major political party were already ensconced in the Labor and Liberal campaign headquarters in Sydney. And as voters across the nation weigh up whose cost-of-living relief package they prefer, for staffers-turned-campaigners, the election goodies are baked in. Loading...