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Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest and Caroline Kennedy attend the Time 100 Gala.

Twiggy branches out with VIP plus-one at society shindig

When Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest stepped out at the Time 100 Most Influential People Gala, it wasn’t his clean-energy credentials that drew attention.

  • Stephen Brook

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Frydenberg (right), pictured with moderator Cameron Stewart, also spoke at the official Sorrento Writers Festival.

Controversy at Sorrento Writers Festival as Baillieus host their own literary salon

Controversy alert at the Sorrento Writers Festival, south of Melbourne, where a private invite-only “sunset garden talk”, hosted by Josephine and James Baillieu, was the talk of the town.

  • Stephen Brook
Andrew Forrest’s legal team say Meta’s automated ad systems play an active role in generating and targeting scam ads.

Billionaire lands a punch on Facebook, but can he score a knockout?

Does Facebook owner Meta play a significant role in developing scam ads and targeting vulnerable users? Andrew Forrest is about to find out.

  • Colin Kruger
Both Rinehart and Forrest had lodged applications with the City of Perth to install advertising banners at their headquarters.

Billionaires’ billboards battle: Rinehart sways council but Twiggy loses out

The council ditched the advice of officers to allow Australia’s richest person to wrap her mining empire’s headquarters in company advertising, but fellow billionaire Andrew Forrest wasn’t so lucky.

  • Jesinta Burton
Hastings chief financial officer Teck Lim (left) and general manager - corporate Vince Catania with Wyloo’s chief executive officer Luca Giacovazzi and chief development officer Joel Turco.

Wyloo set for rare earths revival with bet on Hastings

Hastings Technology Metals and Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo have hatched a plan to fast-track and unlock Hastings’ massive WA Yangibana rare earths and niobium project.

  • James Pearson
Andrew Forrest and Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape during the unveiling at Gasmata.

PNG unveils WWII memorial after Andrew Forrest-led expedition discovery

Memorials dedicated to Australian airmen killed in Papua New Guina during World War II have been erected in Gasmata after a search spearheaded by billionaire Andrew Forrest uncovered their final resting place.

  • Jesinta Burton
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The battle of the boot.

Battle of the boots: From Rossi to RM Williams, why pollies’ choice of footwear matters

A mining magnates’ rivalry is stepping out of the red dirt and into the political sphere with Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest’s takeovers of iconic boot brands.

  • Mike Foley
Mining magnate Andrew Forrest has been working with experts on the uses of AI since 2019.

‘No harm to citizens’: Forrest facilitates historic US-China talks on AI, nuclear security

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has helped bring about the first public discussions between the US and China on artificial intelligence and its influence on military and nuclear security.

  • Alex Condon
Billionare Andrew Forrest.

‘Recycled can be more hazardous’: Twiggy on taxing plastic

Andrew Forrest has implored those negotiating an ambitious treaty to end plastic production to include a tax on manufacturers, amid mounting research into the human health impacts.

  • Jesinta Burton
Plastic chemicals are making us fatter, sicker and less fertile.

We have a once-in-a-generation chance to halt the march of plastic

This week, in a port city in South Korea, delegates from around the world will gather for the most consequential negotiating session you’ve probably never heard of.

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