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Andrew and Nicola Forrest on the banks of the Swan River in Perth in 2023.

Twiggy drops off as three West Australians make AFR’s Rich List top 10

WA mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has fallen out of the Australian Financial Review Rich List top 10 for the first time in more than 15 years. 

  • Heather McNeill

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Di Maloney pulled out all the stops to get Justin Bieber along to her lavish party - but he was a no show.

Point Piper millionaire loses latest fee battle against her own lawyers

Wealthy Point Piper identity Diane Maloney has been ordered to pay $350,000 to her lawyers after already forking out $15 million in legal fees.

  • Andrew Hornery
Thanks to mining, Perth is among the richest cities of the world, tied with Stockholm and ahead of Berlin and Dublin.

Catering to the ultra-rich is a booming business in WA

There’s a new sign that the Perth elite are starting to tip over the line separating the merely rich from the fabulously so.

  • Harry Brumpton, Paul-Alain Hunt and Patrick Winters
Patricia Ilhan among the scaffolding of her new home.

Rich lister’s mansion downsize takes shape on Brighton foreshore

It’s dominating the skyline near the Middle Brighton Pier, but the new build by philanthropist and Brighton fixture Patricia Ilhan is no longer a traditional family home.

  • Stephen Brook
Rupert Murdoch is among those rumoured to be interested in adding “The Spectator” to his trophy cabinet.

World’s richest begin 2024 $2.2 trillion better off

Tech billionaires’ wealth is up $966 billion and media mogul Rupert Murdoch starts the new year with an extra $13 billion from the start of 2023.

  • Jordan Fitzgerald
The spotlight on the few success stories often obscures the fact that most people face financial struggles at some point in their lives.

From humble beginnings, you say? The myth of the self-made millionaire

The truth is, no one becomes successful – let alone a millionaire or billionaire – in isolation.

  • Victoria Devine
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Gina Rinehart: Mark McGowan “worked successfully to keep the resources sector operating”.

Rich list season gives glimpse inside the world of the ultra-wealthy

According to the various stocktakes of wealth that have been published recently around the world, it’s been a tough 12 months at the pointy end.

  • Andrew Hornery
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Why do the rich buy superyachts?

If you had any doubts about whether we’re living in an era of extreme wealth concentration, the superyacht boom should quell those doubts.

  • Paul Krugman
Shrublands, a sprawling estate in the Melbourne suburb of Canterbury, is back on the market.

Pearl of Canterbury: 10-bedroom Melbourne mansion selling for up to $40 million

The historic estate last sold for $29 million just two years ago, but the seller no longer needs all the space.

  • Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
Amber Symond’s $4.9 million renovation plans for a historic building in Potts Point have been called a “gross overdevelopment” by neighbours.

‘Gross overdevelopment’: Amber Symond’s in legal fight over Potts Point reno

The wife of one of Australia’s richest men has launched legal action over her multimillion-dollar renovation plans, which neighbours say will have an impact on their privacy, views and the heritage of the area.

  • Andrew Taylor

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