Kerry Packer was once the world’s biggest and most famous casino gambler. But he often told his son he didn’t take risks in business. James, on the other hand, hardly ever plays the tables, but is happy to lay down billions of dollars of his own money to build new casinos around the world.

A glitzy fashion show launched David Jones' latest collections last night – and brought some light relief to the issue of the company's senior executives leaving in droves.

Clover Moore has been lord mayor of Sydney for the past seven years and a Sydney MP since 1988. And she's done it on her own, after entering community politics in 1980 to get more parks in Redfern.

The NSW Government has put new personnel on the frontline in its fight to take better control of the Barangaroo development.