Known as the venue of the post-election parties for the Liberal party, the hotel in Phillip Street opened in 1966 and was part of Qantas Airways, which had its head office next door and was for a time the largest brick building in the Southern Hemisphere.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/beyond-a-comfy-bed-and-pillow-menu-tourism-resurgence-sparks-luxe-hotel-investment-boom-20231207-p5epsj.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_business

More names were tossed about including executive chairman of Harvey Norman Holdings Gerry Harvey, former ASX 300 richest executive Kerry Stokes, CEO of Qantas Airways Alan Joyce and co-founder of Atlassian Mike Cannon-Brookes.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11796089/Super-fund-changes-Mystery-Aussie-544million-account-Jim-Chalmers-considers-shake-up.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490