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Fortescue takes ‘milestone step towards green shipping’ amid iron ore hit
Iron ore shipments of 43.3 million tonnes were six per cent lower than previous corresponding quarter because of the ore derailment in late December and weather disruptions.
- by Simon Johanson
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‘Laws may need to change’: Gina Rinehart lashes Facebook over scam ‘inaction’
Rinehart has conceded a legal overhaul may be the only way to prevent people from being swindled as she lashed social media giant Facebook for its inaction on scam ads and implied the company should foot the bill.
- by Jesinta Burton
The Moby Dick manoeuvre: How charity organisers harpoon Sydney’s wealthy ‘whales’
Linda and Joshua Penn, who organise Sydney’s Gold Dinner fundraiser, are at the coal face of prising donations from Australia’s super rich.
- by Andrew Hornery
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
FMG’s Pilbara actions ‘like kicking a dog when it’s down’, court hears
A remote Aboriginal community’s long and poisonous battle with Fortescue Metals Group over its iron ore-rich Pilbara land has reached the Federal Court.
- by Rudi Maxwell
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Forrest’s Facebook fight dropped by Australian prosecutors
Andrew Forrest’s legal battle to hold social media giant Meta to account over the proliferation of scam ads using his likeness on Facebook has been dealt a major blow.
- by Jesinta Burton
‘Knowingly aiding criminals’: Forrest lashes Facebook over scam ads on eve of court hearings
Mining magnate Andrew Forrest has launched another blistering tirade in his war with Facebook, accusing the social media giant of turning a blind eye to scam ads ahead of two major court hearings.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Eighty years on, Andrew Forrest closes in on family’s biggest mystery
Their family is best known for mining billionaire “Twiggy”, Australia’s richest man. But another personality has haunted the Forrests for decades.
- by Michael Genovese
Andrew Forrest investigates WWII plane wrecks around Papua New Guinea in search for long-lost uncle
Never-before-seen footage shows the moment the mining billionaire finds a Beaufort bomber 43 metres underwater. It is not the one he hoped for. But to another family, it means everything.
Never mind the poor. In Cottesloe, the gap is widening between the rich and super-rich
Personal income analysis has declared Cottesloe Australia’s most unequal suburb. Here’s a glimpse of how the wealthiest live there – and how your suburb rates.
- by Jesinta Burton
Wheatbelt renewable energy projects fail to clear planning hurdles
A wind farm backed by Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue and a hydrogen start-up chaired by ex-Woodside boss Peter Coleman have both failed to get planning approvals.
- by Peter Milne