Qantas boss Alan Joyce’s failure to launch after Canberra tour

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Our secret squirrel confirmed that Joyce was not flicking through the pages of The Fin to pass the time on his trip back to the harbour city.

Rudd unveils parliamentary portrait fit for a king

As flagged in this column on Wednesday, Kevin Rudd was at Parliament House on Thursday to unveil his official portrait by the royal family’s go-to painter Ralph Heimans. It didn’t disappoint.

The canvas is heavy with Enlightenment-style symbolism of the former PM’s intellect: a bookshelf…