When you go to a dog park, you expect to see plenty of leads. And sometimes, you might hear one, too.
The Royal Hospital for Women Park in Sydney’s snooty, inner-east suburb of Paddington is a popular destination for the suburb’s high-flying residents to take their precious pets to blow off some steam after work.
This week, a Crikey spy couldn’t help but overhear a conversation that will set both tongues and tails wagging.
They passed on a tip that two dog owners could be heard loudly talking about a big “restructure” that is supposedly set to be announced on Monday. While one talked about taking calls from ASIC, the other looked around furtively.
Don’t worry, said the first one, everyone knows about this story. It’s in the financial press. She’d seen a partner from lobbying and communication firm SEC Newgate over the weekend who knew about it. “Everyone in this dog park knows about it,” she exclaimed.
Everyone, it seems, except our Crikey informant.
Could it be the overdue Reserve Bank of Australia restructure, which hangs on Treasurer Jim Chalmers being able to wrangle a deal out of the Coalition? We’re told there was a mention of a “Cecile” (Australian Financial Review’s Cecile Lefort?) speaking to “Ian” (former Reserve Bank governor and vocal reform advocate Ian Macfarlane?). Maybe there’s another restructure we aren’t privy to.
Do you know what they’re talking about? Write in to boss@crikey.com.au or leave a comment to let us know if you think we’re barking up the right tree.
