Today
Pratts throw bomb into Waislitz’s fight with future sister-in-law
As Alex Waislitz prepares for a legal fight with his fiancee’s sister, the Pratt family has thrown a spanner in the mix.
This Month
Waislitz and Pratt drama is running out of lawyers
Billionaire Alex Waislitz may have lost Arnold Bloch Leibler’s services, but he’s got plenty of other lawyers on his books.
Inside the legal fight rocking billionaire Alex Waislitz
The wealthy investor is embroiled in two messy legal disputes: one with his ex-wife Heloise Pratt and the other with the sister of his wife-to-be.
May
Rinehart, Pratt and Trump pollster’s secret trip to Australia
The pair of billionaires may have helped the president’s campaign mastermind get to these shores.
Gina Rinehart tips $4b into US shares – here’s what she’s buying
Australia’s richest person is going all in on the US, shrugging off concerns her political idol Donald Trump could spell disaster for the nation’s economy.
$48m raised at fashion’s most outrageous night of the year
This year’s Met Gala’s theme encouraged masculine tailoring and flamboyant style – and celebrities delivered.
Election cliffhanger; Macquarie’s warning; Time to use Buffett’s rule
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Pratt pumps billions into Trump’s America in White House meet
The cardboard king says the $7.8 billion investment will result in 5000 new manufacturing jobs across the US.
March
‘We’ll fight’: Alex Waislitz on family battles and bad bets
The billionaire investor is mired in clashes with his ex-wife, future sister-in-law and developer Tim Gurner. But he’s up for it, he says.
Billionaire Waislitz rejects claim of $21m in improper loans
Billionaire investor Alex Waislitz has denied his ex-wife Heloise Pratt’s claims that he improperly made $21 million in loans to spend on his fiancee.
February
Packer moves in with billionaire Mar-a-Lago residents
The Australian businessman has picked up a two-year lease, putting him ever closer to the US president.
Forget donations. This is where the major parties make millions
Both major parties run “forums” that give executives and lobbyists access to ministers and shadow ministers based on the subscription tier they subscribe to.
ASX slumps; Tariffs drive market panic; US could feel some trade pain: Trump
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January
Pratt’s granddaughter married in lavish Raheen wedding
The lavish garden wedding at the Pratt family mansion took place on the same day another branch of the clan were fighting it out over the $23 billion family empire.
Pratt denies she ‘abdicated responsibility’ to Waislitz
Billionaire Visy heiress Heloise Pratt rejects claims by her ex-husband that she failed to pay attention to the couple’s business affairs, new court documents reveal.
Pratt matches Rinehart with full-page ad for Trump
The Australian packaging magnate has taken out a full-page ad in the centre-left New York Times, leaving no doubt about his support for the president-elect.
Pratt, Rinehart to attend Trump’s inauguration
The Australian billionaires will rub shoulders with the likes of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg during a business-heavy schedule of events.
December 2024
The Year of Brilliant Jerks: Rear Window’s year in review
Trump, Ellison, White, Adgemis, Gupta and that Rinehart portrait. For Rear Window, the end of shame and pretense added up to a ripping year of stories.
‘It’s going to be great’: Pratt to host Mar-a-Lago party for 700
Anthony Pratt, who gave $US10 million to MAGA Inc, will host a party for 700 people mostly from the food and beverage industries at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago.
The drama at Anthony Pratt’s New York party
Actor Chris Rock stormed out of the New York shindig, but singer Keith Urban got the joint jumping.