Gina Rinehart has sold just over 1.19 million shares in Ten Network Holdings, leaving her with exactly 10% in the media network. So what's the iron ore heiress playing at?

There is no question of the public interest in knowing about how and why largely unknown people exert vast influence on society.

High-profile doctor and gay rights advocate Kerryn Phelps has hit out at Miranda Devine for linking lesbian parenting to the London riots in a Sunday column published in News Limited tabloids.

Dick Smith has a warning for rich Australians who don't give generously to good causes: if you don't change your ways expect to be named and shamed.

Dick Smith never sits still and never shuts up. He's the wildcard in our pack of megaphones.

She's carved out a niche as Australia's answer to Ayn Rand: anyone who's anyone in conservative intellectual circles reads her, as do the bigwigs in the Liberal Party.