Crossbench kingmaker Nick Xenophon has called on the Turnbull government to abandon any plans to force dumped senators Bob Day and Rod Culleton to repay their taxpayer-funded salaries and allowances. Senator Xenophon says it’s “ridiculous” the Department of Finance has sent the pair letters telling them they are required to pay back the salaries, expenses and staff costs…
A crossbench colleague of disqualified senators Rod Culleton and Bob Day thinks it’s ridiculous the commonwealth is chasing them to repay their wages for the time they sat in the Senate. Nick Xenophon says the pair turned up to work in good faith after the 2016 election, despite being found later to not have been…
Marc Geiger, a partner and head of music at WME, did not mince words when describing his feelings about the organizers of the now defunct Pemberton festival, which declared bankruptcy Thursday night without issuing refunds to fans. “I want each of them to know ‘I coming after you personally,’” he told Billboard in an exclusive interview.…