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Communications Minister Michelle Rowland.

Labor appoints former Labor staffer to SBS board

FBi Radio founder Cassandra Wilkinson has the perfect CV, including a stint with the ALP during Kristina Keneally’s torrid Macquarie Street reign.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell

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Rich Lister Jack Cowin says he believes barring unvaccinated shoppers from entry is an inevitability.

Unvaccinated shopper ban will be ‘awkward’ but inevitable, says Hungry Jack’s founder

The founder of burger giant Hungry Jack’s expects unvaccinated people will not be permitted into fast-food stores as Melbourne and Sydney reopen.

  • Dominic Powell
v2Food burger

Hungry Jack’s founder’s plant-based meat startup expands in China, Europe

Billionare Jack Cowin’s plant-based meat maker v2food has raised $72 million from investors betting that more consumers around the world will make the switch to meat alternatives.

  • Cara Waters
The 79-year-old Jack Cowin believes Australia should look at how to live with the virus.

Hungry Jack’s founder says Australia should learn from UK and live with virus

Rich lister and Hungry Jack’s founder Jack Cowin has said Australia should take inspiration from overseas and start thinking of how best to live with the virus.

  • Dominic Powell
Scott Morrison attends an ecum

PM’s faith is not the target, but hypocrisy is fair game

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has invoked his Christian faith and family values to inform his politics. But, a modern leader needs to look beyond belief to find solutions.

The 78-year-old Jack Cowin is this week celebrating the 50th anniversary of his company’s first Australian store

Fake meat and street fights: Why Hungry Jack’s founder is still hungry for change

Looking back at his first store, opened in Perth suburb Innaloo in 1971, Hungry Jack’s founder and rich lister Jack Cowin can recall some aspects of his $1.5 billion burger chain he’s rather glad were left in the 70s.

  • Dominic Powell
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Meatless burgers represent a huge potential market for Hungry Jack's, Jack Cowin says.

Are cows the new coal? Chowing down on meat alternatives

Vegetarians and vegans aren't the only ones avoiding meat, with plant-based substitutes and lab-grown meat finding favour from investors and consumers.

  • Cara Waters
Nick Hazell of v2 Foods, a plant-based meat company, with investors Jack Cowin, of Hungry Jacks, and Phil Morle.

V2food raises $77 million to take its plant-based burgers to China

Rich lister Jack Cowin-backed v2food is tipping more consumers will make the switch to plant-based meat as it sets its sights on the Chinese market.

  • Cara Waters
In a whopper of a Federal Court fight, fast-food giant McDonald's claims rival Hungry Jack's has infringed its "Big Mac" trademark with a lookalike burger dubbed the "Big Jack". Left McDonald's Big Mac. Right Hungry Jack's Big Jack

McDonald's moves to supersize lawsuit against Hungry Jack's

The fast-food giant is threatening to sue Hungry Jack's over comparative advertisements claiming the Big Jack burger is "bigger" than its rival's product.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Meatless burgers represent a huge potential market for Hungry Jack's, Jack Cowin says.

Cowin says cow out as Hungry Jack's offers meat-free option

Meat-free mince coming soon after investment from CSIRO and Cowin's Competitive Foods Australia.

  • Emma Koehn

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