Andrew Forrest
Sky News forced to apologise after quoting fake Andrew Forrest tweet
A fake quote from a social media account posing as billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest was published by Sky in a news story about the ABC, criticising the public broadcaster for a lengthy acknowledgement of country.
- by Calum Jaspan
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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
Fortescue dividend delivers for Forrest despite modest profit jump
A month after shedding 700 workers, Fortescue has posted an annual profit of $8.4 billion supporting a $2.2 billion payout to the miner’s biggest shareholders Andrew and Nicola Forrest.
- by Peter Milne
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The Facebook problem that only hurts Australians
Frances Haugen made global headlines when she blew the whistle on Facebook. She says the company treats Australia differently to other markets.
- by David Swan
Cannon-Brookes’ record-breaking solar farm plan gets Plibersek’s tick
The project to build Australia’s largest solar farm has been approved after collapsing last year due to a rift between billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest.
- by Mike Foley
Dutton pairs with Rinehart in billionaire boot battle
RM Williams, owned by mining magnate Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest, dominated the footwear of federal MPs. Then Gina Rinehart bought a rival bootmaker.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Liam Mannix
Billionaire boot wars put shoe on the other foot for the opposition
Deep down, we’ve always suspected that what Australia’s richest people want is just to be loved, and one of them seems to get a bit more Coalition love.
- by Liam Mannix and Kishor Napier-Raman
‘The highest standard’: A touch of luxury for the Australian Army
Under new owners Andrew and Nicola Forrest, hatmaker Akubra will continue to produce slouch hats.
- by Damien Woolnough
Andrew Forrest isn’t giving up on his green iron Pilbara dream
Weeks ago Fortescue dumped a target to be a major producer of green hydrogen by 2030, but Andrew Forrest still insists his native Pilbara can supply the globe with green iron.
- by Peter Milne
New evidence in court case as Fortescue takes aim at smaller rival
Court documents reveal a development in the intellectual property case in which Fortescue hired private investigators.
- by Anne Hyland
The Australian enterprise trying to curb the methane belched by livestock
Methane has 28 times the global warming impact of carbon dioxide, but a start-up with a solution has caught Bill Gates’ eye.
- by Colin Kruger
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