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The Ivy in Sydney’s CBD has long had a reputation for being one of the country’s most debaucherous venues, despite the best efforts of its owners to put lipstick on a pig.
And that’s before you even get to the claims of exploitation of female staff that surfaced just over a year ago in this masthead. (At the time, the company rejected claims it had created an environment that exploited women and put its staff in danger.)
So we were intrigued to learn that the venue will soon play host to a knees-up organised by one of Australia’s biggest superannuation funds, UniSuper, with a special guest appearance from storied actor Claudia Karvan, OAM, to celebrate, er, International Women’s Day.
We can’t help but pity whoever in the $158 billion super fund’s marketing department thought this one was a good idea. Pour one out too for the fund’s 670,000-odd members, who will be left to foot the bill! Justin Hemmes, whose Merivale Group is still reeling from critical media coverage, will no doubt be all too happy to accommodate.
