THE CLUB: An Inside Look At Who's Funding The Liberal Party During Its Darkest Hour

I remember thinking back in 1999 how much of an a*se Stephen Mayne was when he stole the attendance list of an ALP fundraiser and published it in Nameless when most people used to it out of fear they'd be named in it.

Now it's 2008. Stephen Mayne is still an a*se. Nameless has turned so dull it will probably die in the sad way that some lonely elderly people do, discovered by neighbours some weeks after its death. I'm no longer feeling the need to subsidise political parties. And we've obtained a copy of an attendance list at the Liberal 500 Club and feel an irresistible urge to publish it.

New names considered for the OC include "The Double Standard". Perhaps with a motto by a beret wearing Frenchy or from some other bludger:

Jean Baptiste Alphonse Karr - "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose"


Higgins Post Budget Breakfast - 500 Club and Higgins 200 Club
Name Table
Michael Andrew 1
Peter Bartels - Chairman 1
The Hon Peter Costello 1
Senator Mitch Fifield 1
Elias Jreissati 1
Michael Kroger 1
Victor Perton 1
Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP 1
Tony Boothroyd 2
Peter Brown 2
Michael Burstin 2
Shane Close 2
Phil Cramer 2
Craig Dewis 2
Joe Kalb 2
Tim Keating 2
Chirs Smirnakos 2
Mark Thexton 2
Abe Berman 3
Chris Canavan 3
Russell Finlay 3
Michael Foley 3
Allan Grosman 3
Ray Gunston 3
Roland Jabbour 3
Greg Keys 3
Nick Lakin 3
Andrew Sutherland 3
Steven Zigomanis 3
Ken Atchison 4
Graham Brewer 4
Bill Forward 4
Paul Heather 4
Dugald Higgins 4
Nicholas Martin 4
Frank O'Brien 4
Jason Shell 4
Mark Woolley 4
Rossylyn Bates 5
Mathew Ciavarella 5
Rick Curtis 5
Bryan Dorman 5
Wayne Gould 5
Rob Hutchison 5
Kaye Martin 5
Philip Powell 5
Judith Read 5
The Hon Santo Santoro 5
David Williams 5
Doug Bartley 6
Simon Benson 6
Mitch Craig 6
David Davis MLC 6
Michael Hill 6
Rob Knox 6
Richard Morris 6
Maria Pineda Haufe 6
Darren Scammel 6
Ian Farrow 7
Michael Habboush 7
Kylie Hillard 7
Richard King 7
Jonathan Mant 7
Annette Morton 7
Ian Pattison 7
Hon Chris Pearce 7
Rachel Westaway 7
Hon Michael Yabsley 7
Martin Ambrens 8
Spiro Ballas 8
Mat Halliday 8
Colleen Harkin 8
Bruce Herbert 8
Kate Herbert 8
Angues McKay 8
Andrew Mill 8
Hon Andrew Robb 8
John Roskam 8
Russell Watts 8
Kerry Watts 8
Barbara Caddaye 9
Chris Egan 9
Edwin Gill 9
Phil Kennedy 9
Phillip McCauley 9
Justin Owen 9
Phillip Rundle 9
Ashley Serebro 9
Andrew Shanks 9
Kate Spargo 9
Darren Bennetts 10
Simon Cleal 10
Elisa De Wit 10
Martin Dixon MLA 10
Jim Gonis 10
Tim Gunning 10
Adam Jane 10
Mark Keomanivong 10
Alison McRae 10
Peter Ramsay 10
Mark Van Schoten 10
John Baker-Cresswell 11
Bill Buchanan 11
Carlo Colangelo 11
Chris Goldsmith 11
Paul Green 11
Mark Hallam 11
Tim Le Roy 11
John Lucas 11
Peter Nankivell 11
Graeme Raper 11
Sally Smith 11
Chris Tsarouchas 11
John Calvert-Jones AM 12
Stewart Gault 12
Stan Guilfoyle 12
Margaret Guilfoyle 12
Tom Harley 12
Peter Hay 12
Paul Meadows 12
Hugh Morgan AM 12
Mark Rayner 12
Clive Smith 12
Nicole Andrews 13
Julian Glynn 13
Damien Hennessy 13
Dr David Kemp 13
Tony Nutt 13
Nicholas O'Donhue 13
Edward O'Donohue MLC 13
John Pereira 13
Julian Sheezel 13
Vaughan Webber 13
Holly Byrne 14
Melinda Cilento 14
Vanessa Curtain 14
Stuart Eaton 14
Damien Farrell 14
Nancy Joseph 14
Rod Kemp 14
Steven Munchenberg 14
Michael O'Brien MP 14
Sarah Ward 14
Phillip Briggs 15
Geoff Cope 15
Jeremy Foenander 15
Andrew Hirst 15
George Metaxas 15
Steven Ng 15
Greg Taylor 15
Kev Toohey 15
Greg Tsironis 15
Andrew Turner 15
Grant Atchison 16
Robert DiCintio 16
Andrew Hutchison 16
John Moore 16
Michelle Moss 16
Francesco Nazzari 16
Chris Nicodimou 16
Toby Raphael 16
Ian Robertson 16
Steve Simpson 16
Socrates Capouleas 17
Andrew Charalambous 17
Karl Fender 17
Harry Granek 17
Joanne Hartsias 17
David Monahan 17
Brian O'Neill 17
David Sutherland 17
Richard Armstrong 18
Ken Barelli 18
Richard Barre 18
Frank Bosco 18
Justin Breeze 18
Brad Burke 18
Tony De Domenico 18
Stuart Edwards 18
Matthew Guy 18
Ross Liebmann 18
Bruce Parncutt 18
David Carabott 19
David Carnell 19
Michael Carnell 19
Paul Endres 19
Alan Freedman 19
Lorna Martin 19
Gary Pratt 19
Ian Pratt 19
Brian Richards 19
Thelma Richards 19
Warren Thompson 19
The Hon Neil Batt 20
Prof Peter Chandler AM - Committee 20
Mark Kerr 20
James Kerr 20
Paul Lindwall 20
Helen Maxwell-Wright 20
Alistair Mitchell 20
Kelly O'Dwyer 20
Grant Robertson 20
Blake Robertson 20
Maryclare Young 20
Paul Anderson 21
Michael Andrew 21
Jeff Browne 21
Debbie Browne 21
Nick Browne 21
The Hon Andrea Coote 21
Sen-Elect Helen Kroger 21
Justin Lethlean 21
Hugh Morgan 21
William Morgan 21
John Morshead 21
Alan Naylor 21
Peter Szental 21
Julian Vella 21
Ted Baillieu 21
Daniel Bryant 22
Ian Carson 22
Craig Crosbie 22
Peter Dolkas 22
Charles Gillies 22
Graham Kerr 22
Alan Mitchell 22
Michael Saadie 22
Phil Treyvaud 22
Kon Tsiakis 22
Kim Wells MLA 22
Andrew Darbyshire 23
Ken Doidge 23
Cameron Doidge 23
John Elliott 23
Graeme Giddings 23
Justin Mastores 23
Ian Mence 23
Colin Pavier 23
Andy Sinn 23
Warren Smith 23
Lou Abrahams 24
Arthur Abrahams 24
The Hon Ron Bowden 24
Howard Hutchins 24
Benjamin Jessop 24
Hurtle Lupton 24
David McClure 24
Dean Pask 24
Hank Van Ravenstein 24
Andrew Wilson 24
Tony Currie 25
Bruce Davis 25
Bruce Fox 25
Ross Fox 25
Gary Harding 25
Craig Mathieson 25
John Nash 25
Tony Phillips 25
Andrew Thomas 25
Ray Andrews 26
David Barnes 26
Susie Bartlett 26
Kevin Cole 26
Glenn Fozard 26
Trent Martin 26
Roger McIntyre 26
Raydn Nolan 26
Simon Olsen 26
David Pryles 26
Derek Ritzmann 26
Simon Welsh 26
Helene Bender 27
Ken Jones 27
Tim Kennon 27
Jan Kronberg 27
John Milledge 27
Gordon Rich-Phillips MLC 27
Ken Taylor 27
Michael Tong 27
Nerida White 27
Julie Baker 28
Millie Edwards 28
Caroline Elliott 28
Lorraine Elliott 28
Craig Hynes 28
Simon Moore 28
William Morgan 28
James O'Collins 28
James O'Driscoll 28
Ryan Smith MLA 28
Tony Snell 28
Jeff Stratford 28
Jav Greaves 29
Adam Indkt 29
Dean Langford 29
Darren Lewenberg 29
Claude Lucchesi 29
Joseph Meseha 29
Siobhan O'Neill 29
Kirk Peterson 29
Mike Tucker 29
Sofie Velkan 29
Irving Artemas 30
Edward Bryant 30
James Kirkham 30
Claudia Levan 30
Li Phoon 30
Michael Tamvakologos 30
Luke Tobin 30
Toby Tucker 30
Ambrose Wong 30
Keith Bishop 31
Fiona Dickson 31
Duncan Fraser-Smith 31
Chris Holzer 31
David Hunt 31
Rosanna Kim 31
Jonathan Orr 31
Dirk Seemann 31
Peter Burch 32
Virginia Cameron 32
Dr Alan Finkel AM 32
Tim Greenall 32
Ronald Hay 32
Richard Jabara 32
Peter Wyllie Johnston 32
Carmel Morfuni 32
Allan Zavod 32
Dr Hendrik Zimmet 32
John Dale 33
Chris Gardner 33
John Hays 33
Nick Kostos 33
Wes Moore 33
Scott Ryan 33
Jai Shepherson 33
Henrey Skene 33
Warren Stooke 33
James Sutherland 33
Stuart Wood 33
Samantha Wood 33
Michael Fox 34
Gerard Hurry 34
Najee Imam 34
John Kennedy 34
Brett Nicholson 34
Graham Nicholson 34
Dorothea Soeding 34
Adian Trivett 34
Andrew Wardlaw 34
Leigh Baring 35
Jack Dahan 35
David Hamilton 35
Lisa Karleusa 35
Andrew Noble 35
Victoria Padey 35
Tony Paolucci 35
Justin Ward 35
Bill Buttler 36
Joe Cimoli 36
Steven Ciobo 36
Glenn Considine 36
Jason Galea 36
Gerry Gleeson 36
Jake Jodlowski 36
Grant Kennaway 36
Charles Kneale 36
Clark Morgan 36
Cameron Obliubek 36
Gerry Allen 37
Lyn Brodie 37
Paul Jacobs 37
Neil Marshall 37
Senator Julian McGauran 37
Dr Sandra Mercer-Moore 37
Andrew Morgan 37
Robert Van Stokram 37
Charles Abott 38
Mark Adams 38
George Blau 38
Frank Bosco 38
Marshall Dennis 38
Bert Dennis 38
Trevor Franz 38
Paul Hameister 38
Nick Wakeling 38
Andrew Abercrombie 39
Simon Cammell 39
Fiona Clark 39
Kathryn D'Arcy 39
Steve Donegan 39
Ian Hackett 39
Bill Lang 39
Mark O'Brien 39
Michael Renzella 39
Tony Stolarek 39
Albo Bernardo 40
Nick Bernardo 40
Michael Carroll 40
Peter Cook 40
Fred Grimwade 40
Lewis Johnson 40
Christopher McGimpsey 40
Michael Nolan 40
Victor Rudewych 40
Bill Beck 41
Steven Gaffney 41
Sam Lawson 41
John Moncrieff 41
Nicholas Roche 41
Andrew Stops 41
John Theodolou 41
Jo Burrows 42
Tim Cobb 42
Merv Cox 42
Glen Draper 42
David Godfrey 42
Brad Hoffman 42
Neil Hubbard 42
Raymond Kent 42
George Petrou 42
Paul Souter 42
Luke Tindale 42
Matt Wood 42
Michael Axarlis 43
Stella Axarlis AM 43
Georgie Crozier 43
Digby Crozier 43
Jill Crozier 43
John Fuller 43
Helen Fuller 43
Ross Paton 43
Andrew Perkins 43
Len Whitehouse 43
Sue A'Beckett 44
Alistair Armstrong 44
Bill Cowan 44
Taitie Gilder 44
Adam Held 44
Dr John Leaper 44
Rudi Michelson 44
Stewart Stribling 44
Gary Carter 45
Stuart Clark 45
Alan Cullen 45
Gary Goldsmith 45
Angelo Pacella 45
Marcus Sheeran 45
Leighton Warwick 45
Ron White 45
Kyle Wightman 45
Michael Bautista 46
Richard Crothers 46
Andy Evans 46
Graham Ferguson 46
Henry Kalus 46
Dmitri Kotliar 46
Anthony Starkins 46
Rebecca Starkins - Ruyton 46
Michael L Yates 46
Toby Yates 46
Charles Baillieu 47
Mark Britton 47
Matthew Burton 47
Sam Cole 47
James Dimos 47
Dean Fergie 47
Robert Frost 47
Scott Haywood 47
Ross Haywood 47
Andrew Lord 47
Stirling McGregor 47
Jack Rush 47
Deborah Sims 48
Dale Singleton 48
David Baillieu 49
David Doolan 49
Michael Ellison 49
Johnno Gourlay 49
Earle Harper 49
Fiona Hilbert 49
Adrian Klepp 49
Alan Kras 49
Julian Mitchell 49
Stan Obliubek 49
Harvey Tartakover 49
Jane Callaghan 50
Ken Davis 50
Cate Dealehr 50
Patricia Holdenson 50
Stephen Hunt 50
Joseph Mazzeo 50
Anne Mazzeo 50
Vin McPhee 50
Tim Piper 50
Russell Walker 50
David Wilkes 50
Lina Fichera 51
Ian Kirk 51
Marlene Lukacs 51
Angus Mackay 51
Douglas McKinnon 51
James Moran 51
Peter Norman 51
David Robinson 51
Penny Rusell 51
George Xanthos 51
Andrew Bennett - Trinity Grammar 52
Thomas Borg - Trinity Grammar 52
Arthur Cheng 52
Christian Gregory 52
Stephen Hicks - Trinity Grammar 52
Nicholas Nguyen - Trinity Grammar 52
William Oldfield - Trinity Grammar 52
Alexander Papas - Trinity Grammar 52
Edward Unkles - Melbourne Grammar 52
Trent Bunston - Trinity Grammar 53
Andrew Burleigh - Trinity Grammar 53
Nicholas Emerson - Trinity Grammar 53
James Hetherinton - Trinity Grammar 53
Peter Lewis 53
Matthew Oka - Trinity Grammar 53
Jeremy Peters - Trinity Grammar 53
Benjamin Welsh - Trinity Grammar 53
Sam Fielding - Trinity Grammar 54
Darryn Fourie - Trinity Grammar 54
Vincent Job - Trinity Grammar 54
Matthew Lara - Trinity Grammar 54
David Mansour 54
Robert Moras _ Trinity Grammar 54
Michael Murphy - Trinity Grammar 54
Samuel Somers-Jones 54
Laurence Van Gulick 54
George Broughan - Melbourne Grammar 55
Toby Dickson - Melbourne Grammar 55
Marcus Fok - Melbourne Grammar 55
David Kelly - Melbourne Grammar 55
Nick Lloyd 55
Will Scott - Melbourne Grammar 55
Charles Shaw - Melbourne Grammar 55
Rob Shields 55
Eric Chan - Melbourne Grammar 56
Andrew Collister - Melbourne Grammar 56
Julian Draudins - Melbourne Grammar 56
Joshua Goodwill - Melbourne Grammar 56
Thialn Hallock - Melbourne Grammar 56
Jack Kerin - Casey 56
Greg Lochhead 56
Noelene Murphy 56
Julivate Nijathaworn - Melbourne Grammar 56
Andrew Potter - Carey 56
Alex Stone - Melbourne Grammar 56
Caitlin Costello - Loreto 57
Ricky Hanson - Scotch College 57
Gabrielle Jones - Loreto 57
Robert Marsh - Scotch College 57
Michelle McCarty 57
Andrew Michaelson - Scotch College 57
Jacqueline Midgley 57
Declan Smith - Scotch College 57
Ella van der Merwe 57
Margaret Wilson 57
Merryn Barr - Assistant
Philippa Campbell - Assistant
Julie Reid - Assistant
Kate Wallman _ Assistant
Gail Wallman - Co-ordinator
Carly Wallman - Assistant

Game on.