Former federal resources minister Ian Macfarlane has launched an extraordinary attack on billionaire Andrew Forrest, saying his peers do not like him and that one senior mining executive once described him as “a f---ing fake”.
Macfarlane’s comments at The Financial Review Mining Summit have sparked a public row between the Woodside board member and Forrest, whose spokeswoman on Thursday said Macfarlane had “lost his marbles”.
Mark Wembridge covers resource companies for The Australian Financial Review, based in Perth. He formerly worked for the Financial Times in London and Hong Kong. Connect with Mark on Twitter. Email Mark at mark.wembridge@nine.com.au
