Kim Williams is absolutely right for saying this, Spotify is shocking for classical! smh.com.au/business/compa…

In a fitting farewell, Jilly Gibson has ended her 25-year career as a North Sydney councillor by storming out when colleagues refused to name a plaza after her Kishor Stephen Brook smh.com.au/cbd/the-meanes…

After 25 years in local government, colourful North Sydney Mayor and friend of the CBD column Jilly Gibson storms out of her final meeting after the council refused to name a plaza after her. With Stephen Brook smh.com.au/cbd/the-meanes…

Today the brilliant john shakespeare leaves the Herald after nearly 40 years. It’s been a total thrill working with Shakes for just a couple of those, and the CBD Column just won’t feel the same without his devastating, irreverent wit lighting up page two. He’ll be missed 🥲🥲

Yet another farewell for Dom Perrottet, hosted by David Gonski and Barrenjoey. An affair for the Big End of Town with guests including John Howard, Sir Lynton Crosby, two former RBA governors and the Commonwealth Bank CEO. With Stephen Brook smh.com.au/cbd/dom-perrot…

Scoop: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declined a meeting with Meta’s president of global affairs Nick Clegg in the weeks following the tech giant’s decision to abandon lucrative deals with news publishers via Capital Brief capitalbrief.com/article/albane…

Bruce Lehrmann’s colourful barrister Zali Burrows explains why she dropped out of Men’s Rights Activist Bettina Arndt’s conference on the weekend, calling her client “the most hated man in Australia”. With Stephen Brook smh.com.au/cbd/why-bruce-…

Peter Dutton has launched a TikTok account just months after calling on the Albanese government to ban the app. From today’s column with Stephen Brook smh.com.au/cbd/the-curiou…

Division of Higgins to be abolished

Put out your lettuce

In a survey of candidates for council in NSW, "preserving local heritage" was rated the number one priority. Says it all really . . . smh.com.au/national/nsw/w…

“They’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats”

The High Court will decide whether a lucrative patch of eastern suburbs land will be returned to Indigenous owners after a three-year legal battle involving the multimillionaire founder of Kathmandu. Today's column with Stephen Brook smh.com.au/cbd/fight-over…

As teased in the CBD column last week, former British PM Liz Truss, of lettuce fame, will be speaking at the Australia's Conservative Political Action Conference in Brisbane next month.

Never been a better TV cold open

Boris Johnson is coming to Australia (again). Tickets are not cheap. With Stephen Brook smh.com.au/cbd/boris-john…

News Corp covered Coalition Senator Jacinta Price’s flights and accommodation so she could attend The Australian’s glitzy 60th birthday celebrations in Sydney. With Stephen Brook smh.com.au/cbd/jacinta-pr…