This Month
Mike Cannon-Brookes needs $157m for SunCable; flyer hits inboxes
Australia-Asia Power Link is SunCable’s flagship project to harness and dispatch solar energy from solar farms in the Northern Territory to Darwin and via a submarine cable to Singapore.
Inside the fortune Kerry Stokes (quietly) made in China
The businessman is best known for his investments in television and newspapers. But a decades-long approach to backing the Asian powerhouse is paying dividends.
‘They have levers to pull’: Forrest backs Beijing to withstand Trump
Iron ore billionaire Andrew Forrest doubts China will change course to respond to Donald Trump’s tariff barrage.
Australia’s biggest billionaire feud is over
The pair have been at loggerheads since 2022 over what Andrew Forrest claims was Kerry Stokes’ anger over mining trucks.
Australia counts cost of gas manoeuvres
Peter Dutton is the latest political leader with a new plan to lower energy prices. Will his gas policy work any better than all the others?
March
Facebook’s biggest enemy was on Twiggy’s payroll
Sarah Wynn-Williams, the author of Careless People, worked for Andrew Forrest’s Minderoo as he sued Meta over 230,000 scam ads.
The woman who wants to see every one of us in an Akubra
The Australian hat brand is 149 years old and wants to get back to its city roots.
Court tells Meta to unlock scam data in win for Twiggy on crypto ads
The mining billionaire’s US case against Meta has revealed more than 230,000 social media ads using his likeness were published encouraging Australians to invest in fake cryptocurrency schemes.
Forrest’s Squadron takes swing at APA in secret ministerial submission
In a secret ministerial submission, Squadron complained that APA is creating a false sense of security amid plans for LNG gas to be imported to the south-east.
Billionaire Nicola Forrest appoints UBank boss to run family office
The country’s second-richest woman has been building up the charitable and investment sides of her family office, Coaxial Foundation and Coaxial Ventures.
Forrest family powerbroker had alleged role in big Fortescue decisions
Evidence provided by the ASX-listed miner’s executives to a US court suggests John Hartman was deeply involved in plans to move into the US energy market.
Forrest allegedly chased coal plant buy to ‘influence’ key US senator
Internal documents suggest Fortescue considered a $200 million deal based on its relationship with a US politician, whose IRA support was crucial to it passing.
Twiggy takes rivalry with Rinehart to the penthouse
The duo’s Sydney digs are so close they would be able to spot each other across the Sydney skyline.
February
Twiggy’s Time Magazine puff piece: a hat-trick of hot air howlers
You wouldn’t know from the puff piece TIME magazine ran on Andrew Forrest that the green hydrogen dream suffered a hat-trick of setbacks last week.
Welcome to the Waldorf: Forrests’ luxury hotel rises in Circular Quay
In a $520 million deal two years ago, Andrew and Nicola Forrest, now separated, acquired the project, which is set to be finished by the end of next year.
Whyalla deal shows the rising price of a future made in Australia
Australia is offering subsidies not just to keep old industries alive but for the future-facing minerals processing that would supply batteries and electric vehicles.
Andrew Forrest takes control of rare earths mine, magnet maker
While his flagship company Fortescue retreats from hydrogen, Andrew Forrest’s private company has taken control of some rare earths mining and processing assets.
Fortescue reconsiders US hydrogen timeline after Trump win
The Andrew Forrest-led mining giant has cut its green energy capex and is considering pausing $1 billion of approved hydrogen projects in Australia and the US.