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‘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.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Plastic
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.
- by Andrew Forrest
The remote Australian coast bearing the brunt of the plastic crisis
Halfway around the world, California is suing ExxonMobil, claiming the oil giant deliberately misled the public for decades about the limitations of plastic recycling.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Forrests’ $10 billion Minderoo charity to slash 100 jobs
About a third of the employees at Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Minderoo charity will lose their jobs as chief executive John Hartman looks to spend less of its more than $10 billion bounty on administration.
- by Peter Milne
From boom to bust: High-profile splits put billions into play
The divorce may be every bit as painful, but things are different when billionaire marriages go bust.
- by Colin Kruger
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Andrew Forrest
Andrew Forrest’s $5 billion gift comes with a bonus
Billionaire Andrew Forrest and his wife, Nicola, have effectively created their own Future Fund.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Court mulls Andrew Forrest’s fresh bid to remove miners from Minderoo
The billionaire is back in court trying to safeguard his prized family cattle station. It’s one of several disputes the mining magnate has spearheaded via his private companies to stop exploration around the Pilbara station.
- by Jesinta Burton
Andrew Forrest loses boss of his private empires
There has been a shake-up in the empire of Australia’s richest man with Andrew Hagger surprisingly stepping away from leading its multi-billion dollar investment and philanthropy arms.
- by Peter Milne
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Marine life
Scientists land deepest fish ever caught off Australia from 6.5km below
Deep-sea researchers used yabby traps and a $100,000 hook to catch sad-looking snailfish which started to melt after leaving the icy-cold depths of their home.
- by Peter de Kruijff
WA project gives new view of plastic dump sites in world’s worst ocean polluters
A new global tool aims to help governments tackle the leakage of plastic into the sea, taking regularly updated satellite vision to create a high-resolution map.
- by Peter de Kruijff
Forrests’ triple property reveal includes Margaret River retreat, New Norcia farmland, Cottesloe revamp
The latest purchase was for the Cape Lodge Hotel in the state’s Margaret River region for $9.25 million off fellow WA rich-listers Peter and Joelle Larsen.
- by Peter de Kruijff
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