Melbourne major events


The Cup carnival strikes up the brand

Swathes of foreign visitors and corporations inject consumer dollars and marketing investment into the spring racing carnival, proving just what can be achieved when taxpayers aren’t picking up the tab.

The show Broadway rejected: Vic government resurrects the Phantom

Love never dies. Nor, apparently, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s thirst for greater fortune.

Why didn’t Sir Rod quit Allco?

Given Sir Rod Eddington’s current workkload, it is surprising that he didn’t follow the lead of another Labor-connected business leader, Barbara Ward, and bail from the Allco Finance Group board last week, writes Stephen Mayne.