Catering to the ultra-rich is a booming business in WA

Catering to the ultra-rich is a booming business in WA

There’s a new sign that the Perth elite are starting to tip over the line separating the merely rich from the fabulously so.

  • byHarry Brumpton,Paul-Alain Hunt andPatrick Winters

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‘Straight from the Gina Rinehart playbook’:Plibersek lashes Dutton’s mining project pledge

‘Straight from the Gina Rinehart playbook’:Plibersek lashes Dutton’s mining project pledge

The opposition leader is promising to slash green tape for resources projects,which has prompted Tanya Plibersek to accuse him of writing policies for mining magnates.

  • byMike Foley
Paying clean hydrogen’s way in WA will be harder than the hype

Paying clean hydrogen’s way in WA will be harder than the hype

A cautionary tale for Australian companies rushing into the clean fuel business:from optimism a few years ago,Yara now finds green hydrogen is a long way away.

  • byPeter Milne
Peter Dutton is more than happy to help billionaires,except one

Peter Dutton is more than happy to help billionaires,except one

The Coalition,when in power,spent taxpayers’ money propping up billionaires’ operations,but now it’s Labor’s idea … and nuclear power critic Andrew Forrest stands to benefit.

  • byDavid Crowe
Coalition slams the billionaires’ budget as miners cheer

Coalition slams the billionaires’ budget as miners cheer

The likes of Andrew Forrest and Gina Rinehart’s companies will receive an indirect boost to mine and process critical minerals or develop green hydrogen.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Man of green steel:Dan Andrews takes the billionaire career path

Man of green steel:Dan Andrews takes the billionaire career path

What happens when an immovable former premier meets an unstoppable billionaire?

  • byColin Kruger andNoel Towell
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‘Iron Dan’:Andrews’ next career move aligns with Forrest’s green dream

‘Iron Dan’:Andrews’ next career move aligns with Forrest’s green dream

The former Victorian premier still has an eye for a big project:joining a billionaire to sell “green” iron to China.

  • byNoel Towell andColin Kruger
Fortescue takes ‘milestone step towards green shipping’ amid iron ore hit

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.

  • bySimon Johanson
‘Laws may need to change’:Gina Rinehart lashes Facebook over scam ‘inaction’
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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.

  • byJesinta Burton
The Moby Dick manoeuvre:How charity organisers harpoon Sydney’s wealthy ‘whales’

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.

  • byAndrew Hornery
Forrests’ $10 billion Minderoo charity to slash 100 jobs

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.

  • byPeter Milne