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Speculation intensified after the pair parted ways professionally and removed all traces of each other from their social media accounts.

After her exit, mother-of-two Greaves split from her cinematographer husband Tim Tregoning and relocated to Byron Bay, where she launched a luxury guesthouse.

She returned to P.E Nation as creative director about a year ago, after the ghost of Edwards had been safely exorcised.

A Bond villain and a brow queen walk into a bar...

The Buildcorp Foundation, the charitable arm of the Buildcorp construction company, hosted its annual fundraising knees-up in support of mental health, raising more than $500,000 on Monday night.

The evening was helmed by emerging eastern suburbs society maven Bernadette Sukkar (née Fahey) and her husband Jordan Sukkar, Buildcorp's chief operating officer and son of co-founders Josephine and Tony Sukkar AM.

The pair, who have ensconced themselves within Sydney's construction-and-cocktail set since their Scots College wedding in November 2024, are evidently keen to demonstrate their philanthropy as the family business continues to boom.

Among the notable guests was (reformed?) LinkedIn pest and WiseTech Global executive director Richard White, sporting a rather unruly hairdo for a black-tie gala.

After being compared by the Australian Financial Review this week to a 'Bond villain' for his belief that AI agents are superior to lazy, error-prone humans, White seems to be leaning into the aesthetic, looking almost cartoonishly menacing these days.

On his arm was the woman with the ever-changing face, his wife Zena Nasser.

Evidently, that Federal Court unpleasantness with his former mistress, Linda Rogan, in October 2024 has been forgotten like a bad dream.

Spotted across the table was Double Bay beautician Kristin Fisher, joined by her younger boyfriend Shannon Sykes, a 28-year-old banker, with the pair attracting more than a few glances.

And before anyone gets too judgmental about age gaps, I've been known to appreciate a silver-haired gentleman myself in recent years.

The Group Chat, of course, sends its best wishes to the happy couple.

Her lips are sealed

It can't be easy watching your ex remarry into billions.

But whatever crossed the mind of controversial entrepreneur Robert Bates' former wife as he wed heiress Francesca Packer-Barham in the Upper Hunter on Wednesday is being guarded like Fort Knox.

Having steadfastly refused to comment on Bates' romance with the socialite - or his meteoric rise and spectacular fall in business before it - the elusive Mikadie Joyce-Bates remained true to form when I called her on Thursday morning.

The Bondi-based family lawyer - her profession offering some clue to her reticence - would not be drawn into discussion of the tightly guarded society wedding.

However, she did confirm one detail: their son was present at the ceremony.

'Yes, he was there,' she said politely.

But any hope of a detailed account of their blended family was swiftly dashed when I asked how Packer-Barham fares as a stepmother.

'Yeah, I am not going to answer that,' she said, before quickly ending the conversation.

The ceremony was held behind closed gates at the sprawling Packer family estate in the Upper Hunter Valley, with only a small circle of family and friends understood to have made the guest list.

For Francesca, 31 - granddaughter of the late Kerry Packer, and daughter of philanthropist Gretel Packer and English financier Nick Barham - the marriage marks a new chapter alongside the embattled former entrepreneur.

The pair have been together since 2022, despite ongoing scrutiny surrounding Bates following the collapse of his once high-profile business ventures.

Once touted as a rising star of Australia's Young Rich List after amassing a reported $175million fortune, Bates - a former Cranbrook student, like Packer-Barham's uncle James - has since become a divisive figure following the collapse of his wellness start-ups Aquamamma and Aurum+.

Their engagement also made headlines amid reports that Bates' attempt to buy his fiancée a diamond ring had gone awry, with the heiress ultimately stepping in to cover the cost herself.

Chiro's delayed appointment

The late Tom Petty once said, 'waiting is the hardest part'.

And those words will certainly ring true for Double Bay chiropractor Dr Walid Kesserwani, the founder and chief executive officer of Medisport Clinic, who has been charged with choking and assaulting his ex-girlfriend.

The matter was listed for a one-day hearing and, in an ideal world, should have wrapped up on Monday - but, as is often the case at Downing Centre Local Court, things didn't go to plan.

Kesserwani was represented by barrister Greg Stanton and solicitor Michael Korn, who coincidentally also acts for Rolls-Royce-driving Chinese heiress LanLan Yang.

The famously no-nonsense Magistrate Jacqueline Milledge was sending hearings to other courts. Eventually, she sent Kesserwani into the adjacent courtroom, but the magistrate there had to be in Parkes later in the day and wasn't taking hearings.

Back before Milledge, Stanton was told there was no one available to hear the case. Stanton asked for two days - not the one for which it was listed - because there was a 'significant body of electronic material' to be considered.

They were offered two days in August. The next two-day slot available after that would be next year, but Stanton said his client didn't want to wait that long.

However, the police prosecutor said he hadn't been able to speak with the complainant, who works in the travel industry, because she was feeling unwell, so wasn't sure if those August dates would suit.

For the time being, the hearing has been listed for August on the understanding that the parties could return to seek another date if it didn't suit the complainant.

In the meantime, there's nothing to suggest that Lotus-driving Dr Kesserwani has been unable to practise at his Double Bay clinic.