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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n Media mogul Antony Catalano will be permitted to travel interstate to see his wife in Byron Bay, despite facing charges he assaulted and threatened to kill her.<\/p>\n Defence lawyer Tony Hargreaves asked that Catalano now be allowed to see his wife, Stephanie Catalano, and their children after limitations were placed on his travel at a bail hearing earlier this year.<\/p>\n Catalano, the former chief executive of Domain, appeared in Melbourne Magistrates\u2019 Court on Tuesday via video link dressed in a suit and tie.<\/p>\n Stefanie Catalano, the complainant, also appeared remotely, following an alleged hour-long attack<\/a> on her that ended when she escaped the couple\u2019s St Kilda home and fled onto the street for help.<\/p>\n \u201cMr Catalano your bail is varied, there is no longer a condition that you can\u2019t leave Victoria,\u201d Magistrate Stephen Lee said in granting the application.<\/p>\n In March, the court heard<\/a> Catalano was abusing substances and wearing only underwear when he allegedly threatened to kill his partner and dragged her through their luxury apartment.<\/p>\n The court heard CCTV allegedly showed the 59-year-old dragging her by her hair and ankles before brandishing an iron and swinging it with force towards her head in the laundry.<\/p>\n As the alleged attack continued, police said the complainant grabbed Catalano\u2019s underwear in the hope of leaving evidence for police if she were killed.<\/p>\n After fleeing onto the street, Stefanie Catalano flagged down a motorist for help. Catalano was arrested hours later.<\/p>\n Catalano was bailed after the incident so he could attend in-patient rehabilitation.<\/p>\n Related Article Catalano, who built his multi-million dollar empire in the Australian media industry, has been charged with making threats to kill, unlawful imprisonment, recklessly causing injury, intentionally choke, strangle or suffocate, and four counts of assault.<\/p>\n The real estate executive turned regional media entrepreneur is on leave<\/a> from his positions at Australian Community Media and View Media Group. Last month, he also resigned from his directorships of 19 Cashews and 20 Cashews, the investment vehicles he had previously controlled alongside Melbourne billionaire Alex Waislitz.<\/p>\n The entity owns Australian Community Media, publisher of The Canberra Times and Newcastle Herald among others, and has a significant stake in View Media Group.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n![\"Melbourne](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c38a839514fc67576472883950808ac11fb90b72.jpeg\")
Melbourne businessman Antony Catalano has been charged with allegedly assaulting his wife.Jason South<\/p>\n![\"Antony](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/6de5518d3dd9288203c413c4b06b4870e4b3ded9fd37423ec133046b53b17d1e.jpeg\")
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