Person: Kerry Packer

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Rugby residency ruins the game

Towards the end of last season, Johnny McNicholl asked himself a rhetorical question: “Am I Welsh? It’s a tough question to answer. I don’t know.”

Who will flash the cash that cracks GAA’s amateur code?

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‘A professional GAA: what would it look like and at what cost?’

rugby

All Blacks mourn loss of ‘saviour’ Hobbs

soccer

Judge not, for ye shall be judged

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Holmes and Cruise book $27.5k-a-night suite

Australia to scrap ownership laws

AUSTRALIA is set to abolish media ownership rules which will allow newspaper publishers including Rupert Murdoch to buy television networks.

Wed, 15 Mar, 2006

Cruise and Holmes touch down in Australia

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes flew into Sydney, Australia yesterday in a public show of solidarity to attend a state memorial service for media mogul Kerry Packer.

Fri, 17 Feb, 2006

Cruise to attend Packer funeral without Katie

Tom Cruise will attend the funeral of media mogul Kerry Packer in Sydney, Australia alone tomorrow, after his pregnant fiancée Katie Holmes decided to stay at home at the last minute.

Thu, 16 Feb, 2006

Cruise and Holmes to attend Packer funeral

Hollywood couple Tom Cruise and his fiancee Katie Holmes will to fly to Australia next week to attend the funeral of media mogul Kerry Packer.

Wed, 08 Feb, 2006

Media tycoon Kerry Packer dies at 68

Australia’s richest man, media mogul Kerry Packer, known throughout the world for his love of sports and gambling, has died at 68.

Tue, 27 Dec, 2005

Media tycoon Kerry Packer dies

Australia’s richest man, the media and gambling mogul Kerry Packer, has died, his family said in a statement tonight.

Mon, 26 Dec, 2005

An era where the strong grow stronger...

WHEN Francois Pienaar accepted the William Webb Ellis trophy from Nelson Mandela in the emotionally charged atmosphere of Ellis Park in July 1995, few appreciated that the last official amateur rugby international of any consequence had just taken place.

Sat, 27 Aug, 2005

Hilton sues publishers over photo

Heiress Nicky Hilton is suing an Australian magazine, claiming it misused a picture of her.

Fri, 04 Mar, 2005

Recent win means golf’s a whole new ball game for Parry

CRAIG PARRY was one of the earliest arrivals at Mount Juliet for this week’s American Express World Golf Championship. He arrived straight from his home in Sydney where he had been celebrating his victory in the NEC Invitational World Championship last month in Seattle.

Tue, 17 Sep, 2002

Workers fired as One.Tel begins to be wound up

Insolvent telecommunications company One.Tel Ltd has begun firing hundreds of workers as its outside administrator seeks to close down the company and discharge massive debts.

Fri, 08 Jun, 2001