It was inevitable the Chanticleer brunch organized in Melbourne by The Australian Financial Reviewthe national business newspaper based in Sydney, looks back on the age-old rivalry between the country’s two largest cities.

Melbourne was the Chanticleer Spiritual House since the Chronicle was founded by Robert Gottliebsen in 1974 and a who’s who of the city’s corporate scene descended on Crown for Friday’s pre-Derby Day event. The team included Leah Weckert, CEO of Coles, who highlighted the need to business profits to boost jobs and growth, taking over from Wesfarmers chairman Michael Chaney this week I told the politicians from all sides to lay off big companies.

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