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Welcome to The Group Chat with Lucy Manly, where Australia's most trusted society insider shares the before it makes the news.
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I love nothing more than a concert in my own backyard, and last week's Golden Hour presents Crowded House at Bondi Beach proved to be a gold mine of Group Chat regulars amidst the crowd of linen-clad Gen‑Xers.
Upon arrival, I spied Quantaco boss Anthony Sullivan looking very comfortable with a platinum blonde on his arm.
Rumours have been swirling for months that he's dating Bushells tea heiress Alisha Oxley. It's all a bit hush-hush, despite the pair being otherwise unattached, and for weeks the papers have been trying to get them together. Seeing them canoodle near the bar all but confirmed it.
At first glance, Oxley could almost be mistaken for Sullivan's ex-wife, Shelley Sullivan, the powerhouse entrepreneur behind the wildly successful MCoBeauty empire, who in a deal valuing it at over $1billion.
Prior to their split, Shelley and Anthony Sullivan often enjoyed lavish overseas trips together
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I spied Anthony Sullivan among the crowd of linen-clad Gen‑Xers at the Crowded House concert last Friday night with his new squeeze Alisha Oxley
Bushells tea heiress Alisha Oxley (left) looks strikingly similar to beauty industry trailblazer Shelley (right, at last year's Silver Party)
But make no mistake: it was Oxley - who, I should note, isn't just an heiress, but also a practising solicitor.
Oh, and her famous family calls the Darling Point heritage-listed, grand Gothic mansion home.
Sullivan, meanwhile, lives across the harbour, where he splashed out a record-breaking $41million - in cash - on a newly built waterfront pad in Kirribilli, more than double the suburb record.
Whispers suggest he pocketed a tidy sum from MCoBeauty's sale around the time he split from Shelley.
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During that break-up, linked Sullivan to Double Bay eyebrow technician Kristin Fisher, who in 2020 was with hairdresser Tom Cole when they were both married. (She would later insist there were 'no secrets and certainly no affairs' with Cole).
Fisher blasted the innuendo about her and Anthony at the time as 'unequivocally false' and denied having anything to do with the Sullivans' split. We don't suggest otherwise.
The Group Chat understands Shelley and Anthony are now on amicable terms.
Oxley herself has her share of headline-worthy history.
Oxley was pictured out and about in Double Bay on Thursday, clad in expensive activewear
She was spotted after doing the school run and attending a Pilates class
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The Oxley family calls the Darling Point heritage-listed, grand Gothic mansion Carthona home
Across the Harbour, Anthony is living in his new $41million waterfront castle
Chad Cohen (left) has confirmed he faked his way through the Sydney Marathon to qualify for the Boston race. Harry Bell (right) wore two bibs - his and Cohen's - while running in 2024
