MELBOURNE
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This culinary clique is reshaping the city's dining culture
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Builders accuse the CFMEU boss of holding them to ransom
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Ted Baillieu's right hand woman reigns over the DP&C
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Mayor Doyle doesn't mind pissing people off -- just ask the occupiers
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Everyone seems to like (or is scared of) Melbourne's emperor of the airwaves
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Few are as well-connected as this infrastructure boss and events heavyweight
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The tabloid master can make or break reputations at the click of a mouse
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In sports-mad Melbourne, few can rival the AFL boss for influence
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He's in power, but does Big Ted have the ticker to govern?
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The affable ad man sits on a slew of influential boards
Melbourne's most powerful shape the identity and future of Australia's cultural capital. They wield their influence over its culture, environment and economy, its planning, architecture, development, transport and infrastructure.
They play a role in the safety, happiness and wellbeing of Melbourne's residents. In some cases, these individuals are the public 'face' of the city, but not always: often, Melbourne's most powerful act quietly behind the scenes – for reasons of both public good and personal gain.
Begins publishing 9 January 2012.
Gunns' image makeover: new name, new city, new share price?
Gunns CEO Greg L'Estrange is considering changing the company's name and relocating its head office from Launceston to Melbourne.
MasterChef star sticks knife in over IR
MasterChef judge George Calombaris has launched a spray at the Gillard government's Fair Work Act, claiming that public holiday and weekend penalty rates have the potential to force his new restaurant venture to the wall.
The Melbourne Top 10
Power in Melbourne, as interviewee after interviewee tried to convince The Power Index, is quiet and amorphous, lurking behind every deal and decision but never fully revealing itself.
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One assumes the PM's not texted Rebekah Brooks his commiserations with lol this time around.