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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

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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
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
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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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Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen.

Renewables surge shows Australia can meet ambitious 2035 reductions

The UK has promised to cut emissions by 81 per cent by 2035. The Climate Change Authority is considering how much more we could do.

  • Bianca Hall and Nick O'Malley
Fortescue executive chairman Andrew Forrest at COP29 in Baku.

‘The world is watching’: Forrest backs treaty for fossil fuel phase-out

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has become the first business leader to back a proposed treaty setting concrete deadlines for the global phase-out of fossil fuels.

  • Jesinta Burton
The oil industry still dominates Baku, host to the COP29 United Nations climate talks.

Tax business-class flights, crypto and plastics, UN climate talks told

Climate leaders suggest new taxes on dirty old industries could help pay for the multitrillion-dollar cost of stabilising the climate.

  • Nick O'Malley

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