Kishor Napier-Raman
CBD columnist
Kishor Napier-Raman is a CBD columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Previously he worked as a reporter for Crikey, covering federal politics from the Canberra Press Gallery.
The portrait Gina Rinehart does want you to see
The National Gallery refused to remove a portrait the billionaire didn’t like. So her people came up with their own effort.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Art attack: The portrait Gina Rinehart does want you to see
After failing to have an unflattering portrait removed from the National Gallery of Australia, the nation’s wealthiest person has given a clear picture of what she likes.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Albanese and Labor ministers shed staff as election draws closer
With an election due in the next 12 months, CBD has a rundown on the latest comings and goings in the ministerial wing.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman
Move over, Met Gala: Labor’s budget night bash the big ticket in town
Tickets to a Labor budget night fundraiser have sold out. The Liberals, meanwhile, can’t fill their tables.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
You come at Kyle Sandilands’ salary, you best not miss
The crude, rude and fabulously wealthy shock jock’s salary details could be handed to opposing lawyers after the radio industry lost a fight in the Copyright Tribunal.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
A Zoom speech from Joe Hockey? That’ll be $20,000 please
Ten years after declaring the “age of entitlement” was over, the former treasurer’s time comes with a hefty price tag.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Box billionaire goes Pratty in pink at the Met Gala
Visy cardboard king Anthony Pratt was one of the brightest figures on the glamour carpet in New York, if not the best dressed.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Kerryn Phelps’ strange wake-up call to her fellow Australians
The former Wentworth MP appeared to claim that Australian democracy was under threat from sharia in a deleted post on X.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Kylea Tink tools up for the next federal election
The teal independent North Sydney MP has 15 current staffers, and is looking for more.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman
‘Be brave, speak up’: Embattled Seven’s message to staff
Seven West Media is urging staff to report inappropriate behaviour after weeks of headlines about cultural problems at the network.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell