Andrew and Nicola Forrest's charitable foundation increased its total spending by 65 per cent last financial year, while also making its largest ever financial commitment to a global gender fund.
The business dealings of Western Australia's big-name billionaires may grab most of the headlines, but last year it was Dale Alcock's ABN Group that deserved a closer look.
Nicola Forrest has signed up two experienced Minderoo executives as co-directors of a new foundation but says she remains committed to her philanthropic endeavours with ex-partner Andrew Forrest.
Western Australian rare earths developer Hastings Technology Metals is looking abroad to eastern Europe to process ore from its mine under construction in the Gascoyne.
Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss BGC results; home building incentives; housing price hikes; Rio royalty payments; Harvest Road's loss; all the action in lithium; Satterley's LWP deal and Cottesloe preselection.
Harvest Road Group, the agricultural arm of Andrew and Nicola Forrest's business empire, reported a $38.6 million loss after tax in the past financial year as revenues fell by more than $120 million.
Fortescue has pushed back its final investment decision for its proposed green hydrogen and ammonia project in Brisbane, saying it has “more work to do”.
Facebook parent company Meta has pleaded not guilty to charges brought by billionaire Andrew Forrest over an alleged cryptocurrency clickbait advertising scam.
In this podcast: Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss FMG; Austal; IR reforms; office occupancy; Burswood Park; apartment dramas; Scyne Advisory; CEO salaries and WA's biggest employers.
Andrew Forrest has taken a shot at Woodside Energy and the oil and gas industry over its pursuit of new projects as Fortescue pivots its focus to green energy.
Fortescue Metals Group has revealed plans to establish a major manufacturing facility in the US state of Michigan, just a day after it unveiled a New York-based capital business.
Fortescue has staked out an area larger than Brisbane near its Pilbara iron ore operations for a potential green energy hub, days after terminating an application for another site.
Western Australia's valuer-general has begun a major overhaul of convoluted pastoral rents to build a new valuation leaseholders can work out with “basic mathematics”.
In this podcast, Mark Pownall and Jack McGinn discuss the latest on Chevron's IR deal, WA's top builders, potash deal, road funding, battery contacts, Synergy, Water Corp, tower plans, barramundi and Twiggy's mansion.
Fortescue Energy's ambition to have the world's first green ammonia-powered ship at sea by 2022 has seemingly veered off course, but the group has affirmed plans to trial the ‘Green Pioneer' later this year.
ANALYSIS: This week's departure of three senior people from Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group highlights just how different the Perth company is from its ASX peers.
In this podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Fortescue's revolving door, Qantas, Perth house prices, renewable deal, Frank Wilson, Federal IR changes and the Dowerin Field Days.
Fortescue chair Andrew Forrest has made an impassioned speech to attendees of the Boao Forum for Asia Conference, saying it's up to businesses to 'save or destroy' the planet.
In this podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Forrest separation implications, Kerry Stokes' laneway, Ben Wyatt, Mark Hatfield, the Ritz Carlton, Chellingworth and Moody's.
The separation of billionaire power couple Andrew and Nicola Forrest has caused acrimony between Nine's Australian Financial Review and rival Seven West Media newspaper, The West Australian.
A series of share transfers and company restructures over the past six months mean that Andrew and Nicola Forrest will have a roughly equal split of their $34 billion fortune.
Australian power couple Andrew and Nicola Forrest have announced their separation but say the split will have no impact on the direction of their business empire.
Wyloo Metals has secured the shareholder support it needs to take over nickel player Mincor Resources, in what could prove a key deal for Andrew Forrest's downstream processing ambitions.
Sitting with a $7.6 billion endowment following a mammoth donation of Fortescue Metals Group stock, Minderoo Foundation has sought to refine its areas of focus.