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Anthony Pratt

June

A Real Housewife, townhouses and mobile phone in billionaire feud

Billionaire Alex Waislitz attempted to settle a long-running dispute with his future sister-in-law six months after she launched her legal claim.

‘Project Rose’ should prove the end of billionaire feud, court told

Alex Waislitz and Visy heiress Heloise Pratt’s acrimonious divorce has boiled over into the public domain after years of private disputes.

Venus Behbahani, Alex Waislitz and Rebekah Behbahani.

Waislitz-linked sibling row goes deeper than gift house

“Real Housewives of Melbourne” star Venus Behbahani says she agreed to give up her share of a company owned with her sister if she was given a property.

Waislitz-Pratt court feud spells end to once amicable divorce

Alex Waislitz is not only up against his fiancee’s sister in court; now he is also battling his ex-wife Heloise Pratt.

Venus Behbahani, the sister of Alex Waislitz’s fiancee Rebekah.

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.

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Alex Waislitz and Heloise Pratt are currently in court.

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.

Venus Behbahani, Alex Waislitz and Rebekah Behbahani.

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

Chris LaCivita, centre, listen as Trump speaks with reporters and staff as he is flown to Iowa in March.

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.

Nicole Kidman in custom Balenciaga at the Met Gala.

$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.

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Election cliffhanger; Macquarie’s warning; Time to use Buffett’s rule

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

President Donald Trump in his first term with Anthony Pratt at a plant opening in Ohio in 2019.

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

Alex Waisilitz, founder of Thorney Investments at his Collins Street office in Melbourne, but has plans to spend more time in New York and Israel.

‘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.

Alex Waislitz and Heloise Pratt are fighting in the Supreme Court of Victoria over the control of Thorney Investment.

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

James Packer before the Israel prime minister’s address to Congress last year.

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.

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Peter Dutton is taking the race to Anthony Albanese and targeting some of Labor’s safest seats.

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.

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ASX slumps; Tariffs drive market panic; US could feel some trade pain: Trump

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

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.

Alex Waislitz and Heloise Pratt are fighting in the Supreme Court of Victoria over the control of Thorney Investment.

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.

Then-president Donald Trump and Anthony Pratt during the official opening of Pratt Industries’ Wapakoneta recycling and paper plant in Ohio in 2019.

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.

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