This Month
Group representing billionaires reveals financial misconduct
The Pastoralists and Graziers Association has revealed its investigating “serious financial misconduct” within its own walls.
- Tom Rabe
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.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
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.
- Matthew Cranston
Global Lithium chair rejects board revamp over foreign influence fears
Two directors have shut down an attempt by a rival to seize control of the WA critical minerals explorer, pledging to vote against proposals at its delayed AGM.
- Mark Wembridge
Eight of the best luxury Australian holiday homes for sale
AFR Weekend rounds up the most luxurious holiday properties on the prestige market – and their high-profile owners.
- Bonnie Campbell
Who’s got a big miner lurking on their share register?
The next time a big miner like BHP, Rio or Fortescue lobs a takeover bid for a small explorer, the target will probably be one of the companies on this list.
- Peter Ker
The billionaire, the mine, the minority stake and her lover
It’s 14 years since Gina Rinehart transferred ownership of a company to her late lover. The company controls a stake in her next big mine, but who controls it?
- Peter Ker
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.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
A mystery bidder, Gina Rinehart and Brisbane’s missing public artwork
The Hopoate Fingers is Brisbane’s most beloved public artwork. Will it fall into moneyed hands?
- Mark Di Stefano
November 2024
MinRes’ Chris Ellison cuts and runs
The embattled founder resigned from the board of Delta Lithium before he was due to front shareholders this week.
- Mark Di Stefano
- Exclusive
- WA Parliament
The man who would be the new king of WA
Basil Zempilas is now the most high-profile name in WA politics, and he hasn’t even been elected to parliament.
- Tom Rabe
Why this billionaire’s flying people in to watch cricket in Perth
Soft diplomacy between India and Australia surrounding the Test series has never been higher, according to Cricket Australia.
- Tom Rabe
The magic of MinRes’ Chris Ellison
The embattled founder is praised for his capital allocation sorcery. How good is he?
- Mark Di Stefano
Rinehart’s right-hand woman still partying at Mar-a-Lago
Gina Rinehart’s flown home but Teena McQueen’s still at Mar-a-Lago, dancing to YMCA with Argentinian President Javier Milei.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
- Opinion
- Lithium
Liontown survived the lithium carnage, but can it handle Donald Trump?
After taking a wild ride in lithium over the past year, Liontown Resources thinks it can also adapt to whatever the Trump administration produces.
- Jennifer Hewett
Pratt announces move to the US
One of Australia’s richest men is a member of Donald Trump’s private Florida club, Mar-a-Lago, and has previously voiced admiration for the US president-elect.
- Primrose Riordan
Forrest debt feud threatens future of rare earths hopeful Hastings
The West Australian developer took a loan from its chairman, angering its biggest financier, the billionaire businessman’s private mining vehicle.
- Peter Ker
- Exclusive
- US Votes 2024
Rinehart meets Musk after Trump’s victory
Gina Rinehart congratulated Elon Musk at a private meeting the two billionaires held in the US after Donald Trump’s re-election.
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- Tom Rabe and Matthew Cranston
Gina Rinehart linked to luxury Palm Beach property market
The mining billionaire attended Donald Trump’s Florida party after rumours she’s been in the Palm Beach real estate market.
- Mark Di Stefano
Ellison’s executives revealed as owners in blockbuster lithium IPO
Mark Wilson was among a group of executives who report to Chris Ellison, who bought into Kali Metals – the miner targeted by Mineral Resources.
- Mark Di Stefano and Neil Chenoweth