Profile: Carla Zampatti

The Weekend Australian Magazine
By Megan Lehmann
April 9, 2015

Two huge gilt-framed mirrors do ­double duty in the sitting room of Carla Zampatti’s home in Sydney’s eastern ­suburbs. Reflecting the Italianate balustrades of the balcony opposite and the lush vegetation beyond, they make a large room seem even bigger. They are also "terribly useful", the Australian fashion trailblazer says, in the design process. "I stand in front of them and drape different fabrics on me to see how they will look on the body, because eventually a design has to make you feel and look beautiful." Male designers have muses; Zampatti, who maintains a cat-like grace into her '70s, has herself.
Full story: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/success-or-bust/story-fnolgd60-1227276018589
        

Profile: Heather Ridout

The Weekend Australian Magazine
By Megan Lehmann
April 25, 2015

People listen when Heather Ridout speaks. During her 33 years with the Australian Industry Group, one of the largest employer groups in the country, the petite chief executive with the convivial disposition had the ear of prime ministers, union heavy-hitters and top-end-of-town tycoons. Her voice has been front and centre through top-level debates over tax reform, fair work legislation, the GFC and climate change. 
Full story: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/defining-moments-heather-ridout/story-fnolgd60-1227317549932
       

Profile: Ann Sherry

The Weekend Australian Magazine
By Megan Lehmann
April 11, 2015

Two ships passing in the night: Queen Mary 2, the unfathomably large 151,000-tonne flagship of the Carnival-owned Cunard cruise line, and her younger sister ship, Queen Victoria, all 90,000 tonnes of her. 
It was a grand spectacle, an awesome display of maritime grace and power marked by fireworks and cheering crowds. Presiding over the historic meeting on Sydney Harbour last month was another indomitable force, Carnival Australia’s go-getting CEO Ann Sherry.
Full story: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/bold-vision/story-fnolgd60-1227297364783
        

Profile: Holly Kramer

The Weekend Australian Magazine
By Megan Lehmann
May 1, 2015

Former Telstra chief Sol Trujillo has been called many things — brash, undiplomatic, culturally insensitive. Holly Kramer uses a different word: inspirational. The outgoing chief executive of discount clothing chain Best & Less says her former boss helped shape her belief that the destiny of a business is not predetermined.
Full story: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/defining-moments-holly-kramer/story-fnolgd60-1227330238358

        

Profile: Penelope Seidler

The Weekend Australian Magazine
By Megan Lehmann
April 16, 2015

Standing like a dun-coloured sentinel on the north shore of Sydney Harbour, Blues Point Tower is possibly the most pilloried building in Sydney. Penelope Seidler looks at it daily, from the art-filled eyrie of her office and penthouse at Milsons Point, and what she sees is a grand piece of modernist architecture radiating the strength and dynamism of her late husband. 
Full story: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/defining-moments-penelope-seidler/story-fnolgd60-1227306648879       

Profile: Geraldine Doogue

The Weekend Australian
By Megan Lehmann
April 4, 2015




Geraldine Doogue saw herself in the young woman seeking her advice upon returning to work at the ABC after having children.
So it made sense to steer the new-mum journo towards a position at Life Matters, the ABC Radio National social affairs program Doogue created in 1992 and hosted for 11 years. What didn’t make sense was the response: But what will the boys in news and current affairs think about that?
Full story: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/matters-of-the-heart/story-fnolgd60-1227287452248

Profile: Tim Minchin

 

Megan Lehmann

The Weekend Australian Magazine

March 14, 2015

   

STRIP away the rock-star ­regalia, the adoring global audience, critical hosannas — Genius! Phenomenon! — and the nice new house in the Hollywood Hills, and Tim Minchin is just another guy who likes lolly snakes.      

He’s sitting here, in an ornate nook of the heritage-listed Chauvel Cinema in Paddington, Sydney, tearing the head off a red one with his teeth. World ­domination is tiring and he needs the sugar hit.

Full story: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/tim-minchins-rise-from-rocknroll-nerd-to-stadium-superstar/story-e6frg8h6-1227261509585