Mining magnate Andrew Forrest’s Minderoo charity makes undisclosed donation to the Australia Institute
Exclusive: The progressive thinktank, which has championed a ‘real zero’ emissions policy, says it protects privacy of donors to avoid them being targeted
August 2025
The Descendants
Arsenic in the damper, campers driven off a cliff: the murky historical links of AACo, Australia’s largest beef producer
Jesse Gregson led massacres of Aboriginal people before joining the Australian Agricultural Company as its longest-serving superintendent
April 2025
This British-Australian doctor has seen the unspeakable in Gaza. He wants to shout from the rooftops
Mohammed Mustafa, who worked at al-Ahli Arab hospital before it was bombed, says ministers are wrong to say Australia is ‘not a major player’
February 2025
Fortescue and WA government say traditional owners’ $1.8bn compensation claim is worth $8m
Yindjibarndi people allege mining giant did not get permission from native title holders, while company says community ‘disharmony’ is not its fault
January 2025
Australian billionaires make $67,000 an hour, Oxfam says in call for tax on super-rich
Andrew Forrest fires back at ExxonMobil’s claims of ‘smear campaigns and lawfare’
October 2024
Corporations using ‘ineffectual’ carbon offsets are slowing path to ‘real zero’, more than 60 climate scientists say
Pledge signed by experts from nine countries reflects concerns that offsets generated from forest-related projects may not have cut emissions
Temperature Check
Andrew Forrest says net zero is ‘fantasy’ so his goal is ‘real zero’. What does he mean – and can he achieve it?
Graham Readfearn
The mining tycoon says his iron ore business will stop using fossil fuels by the end of the decade without carbon offsets or carbon capture and storage
More than 9,000 scam Facebook pages deleted after Australians lose $43.4m to celebrity deepfakes
Meta’s new Fraud Intelligence Reciprocal Exchange (Fire) tool to work with seven banks in a bid to tackle scams
September 2024
Labor’s new ‘renewable hydrogen’ targets aim for Australia to produce 15m tonnes by 2050
In announcing the strategy, climate minister Chris Bowen also took a swipe at the ‘climate inactivism’ of critics of the nascent industry
July 2024
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue slashes 700 jobs in restructure
Australian mining company announces global cuts saying it must ‘continually evolve to ensure it remains lean’
June 2024
Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest can sue Meta over Facebook scam ads, US court rules
Andrew Forrest says Coalition’s abandonment of 2030 emissions target would ‘decimate’ economy
April 2024
Andrew Forrest accuses Facebook of ‘blatantly refusing’ to take action against scam ads
The Australian billionaire’s criminal case against Meta in WA was discontinued on Friday by the commonwealth prosecutor
February 2024
Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest labels Coalition push for nuclear energy ‘bulldust’ and a ‘new lie’
Andrew Forrest urges shift to renewables and attacks 'bulldust of nuclear policies' – video
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January 2024
Inequality reporting
Three richest Australians’ combined wealth doubles since 2020 at $1.5m an hour – Oxfam
Report says combined fortunes of Gina Rinehart, Andrew Forrest and Harry Triguboff doubled between 2020 and 2023, while one in eight Australians live in poverty
December 2023
Meta to fight criminal charges brought by Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest over alleged cryptocurrency ad scam
Lawyers for Meta formally plead not guilty to three counts of recklessly dealing with proceeds of crime to the value of $1,000 or more
Australia news live
Thousands left without power in SA heatwave as other states issue alerts – as it happened
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Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest in scathing attack on oil and gas industry
Australian magnate-turned-green-evangelist says companies that don’t stop burning fossil fuels will have ‘blood on their hands’
