Facebook demands Twiggy docs in clickbait scam battle Facebook parent company Meta has issued a summons for billionaire Andrew Forrest to hand over documents it says his lawyers failed to disclose. AAP · Oct 2, 2023
Amanda Vanstone’s expletive-laden insult of radio show guest caps off ABC’s hellish week Former Howard government minister and host of RN’s Counterpoint program leaves science educator Corey Tutt in disbelief. Plus: wireless wipeout in Melbourne The Guardian - AU · Sep 1, 2023
Morning Mail: Coalition’s big no campaign spenders, Twiggy’s revolving door, humanity’s lucky escape Analysis of politicians’ Facebook advertising data shows uses of public money to target yes activists, while Fortescue loses an exec and gains Kwasi Kwarteng The Guardian - AU · Aug 31, 2023
Fortescue’s CFO Christine Morris departs days after chief executive walks Majority of executive team has left or shifted roles since 2021 with Morris’s resignation the 11th major change in less than three years The Guardian - AU · Aug 31, 2023
Labor not ruling out raising income-free area for jobseeker – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Aug 1, 2023
Morning Mail: Twiggy threatens to quit UK over fossil fuel flip, cancer rises in under-50s, shrinkflation revealed Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest threatens to pull investments out of Britain over ‘clickbait’ leadership The Guardian - AU · Aug 1, 2023
Billionaire investor threatens to pull out of UK amid global outcry at new oil rush Australian mining entrepreneur Andrew Forrest criticises ‘clickbait’ fossil fuel plans as others say Britain has lost credibility The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2023
Iron ore giant Fortescue Metals targeted by Russian ransomware group Australian mining company confirms hack occurred on 28 May but data disclosed ‘was not confidential in nature’ The Guardian - AU · Jul 18, 2023
Twiggy investigated after anonymous letter to Fortescue After an anonymous complaint, Fortescue Metals hired a law firm to investigate executive chairman Andrew Forrest, who was cleared of wrongdoing. AAP · Jul 17, 2023
Afternoon Update: Morrison ally faces possible Liberal expulsion; first home buyers slash spending; and the 10 highest-paid Australian CEOs Alex Hawke delayed preselections, harming party’s chances at 2022 election, a motion submitted to NSW Liberal state council claims The Guardian - AU · Jul 13, 2023
Mike Cannon-Brookes wins control of Sun Cable solar project from Andrew Forrest Entrepreneur says plan to send renewable energy to Singapore from Northern Territory a ‘nation-building project for Australia’ The Guardian - AU · May 26, 2023
Sun Cable: Mike Cannon-Brookes wins control of mega solar project after fall-out with Andrew Forrest Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes claims control of the controversial Sun Cable solar export project, winning a bidding war after falling out with his former project partner, Andrew Forrest. ABC News · May 26, 2023
Cannon-Brookes, Quinbrook said to win Sun Cable bidding Mike Cannon-Brookes' Grok Ventures, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners and an overseas partner have won the bidding for Sun Cable, AAP has learned. AAP · May 25, 2023
Forrest group Walk Free warns of slavery threat in Australia's solar panel supply chains Australia imports more than $25 billion in goods that may have used modern slavery, and for the first time solar panels are one of the most valuable, according to a human rights group funded by Andrew Forrest. ABC News · May 24, 2023
ABC News · May 10, 2023 Federal budget 2023: Billionaire Andrew Forrest a likely budget winner with green hydrogen subsidies The government has injected $2 billion into green hydrogen through the federal budget amid fears Australia is falling behind in the race to become a renewable energy superpower.
ABC News · May 3, 2023 Sun Cable: Why Australia's two richest men are battling to control an unbuilt solar farm Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest used to be lead investment partners on the $30 billion Sun Cable project. Now, they're bidding against each other to control it in a closed-door process close to resolution.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 25, 2023 Channel 7’s David Koch is angry about an internet death rumour scam. What is it all about? The latest scam ads report the false death of the morning host, much to his annoyance. So what are platforms and regulators doing about it?
Reuters · Apr 7, 2023 Indigenous beliefs cited as Australian tribunal blocks river weirs A company owned by Australia's richest man has lost an appeal against a decision made under Aboriginal heritage laws that stopped it from building a series of weirs on a river that ran through a cattle property.
AAP · Apr 7, 2023 Forrest fails in bid to use sacred water for WA station An appeal by Andrew Forrest to use water from a sacred river in Western Australia has failed, with a tribunal finding the river is sacred to traditional owners.
ABC News · Apr 6, 2023 Andrew and Nicola Forrest lose bid to build irrigation project that traditional owners fear could kill sacred serpent Andrew and Nicola Forrest's weir project has been blocked after a tribunal found it risked killing or harming a water serpent spirit revered by traditional owners, or causing it to become angry.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 5, 2023 Apple pulls out of Andrew Forrest-backed windfarm at centre of threatened species controversy Upper Burdekin project would have significant impacts on four species, including koalas and greater gliders, developer says in public report
AAP · Apr 4, 2023 EPA backs approval for Forrest's Ningaloo eco-resort Andrew Forrest's private investment group Tattarang is moving closer towards developing an eco-resort along the world-heritage listed Ningaloo coast.
AAP · Mar 30, 2023 Forrest says China can eliminate emissions by 2030s China can help the world decarbonise within years, not decades, through international joint ventures, green hydrogen champion Andrew Forrest says.
The Guardian - AU · Mar 25, 2023 As Australia faces a ‘hydrogen tipping point’, the energy industry needs smart policies, not huge handouts The US pouring billions into new technology is a ‘global gamechanger’ Australia must swiftly capitalise on, according to analysts
The New Daily · Mar 21, 2023 Safeguard offsets plan useless: Mining magnate Mining magnate Andrew Forrest has urged Australia to take bold steps to transform its energy sector after the latest UN report.