The entrepreneur celebrated his 80th birthday at an event dripping with cheesy Australiana on Monday evening.
One of the country’s best-known adventurers says there’s no need to regulate activities such as diving to the Titanic wreck site.
Described as “part Bear Grylls,part Bill Gates,100 per cent Aussie larrikin”,the eccentric entrepreneur wants the PM to read his book.
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The former Australian of the Year discusses how he started a business with $600,why he never entered the political arena – and the one thing better than sex.
Wealth has allowed me to indulge in my passion for adventure,but in recent years I’ve been getting rid of most of my toys – the boat,the jet,the holiday house are all gone.
Hayley Baillie believes bushfires and cyclones may render insurance premiums unaffordable for tourism operators.
Australian businessman Dick Smith personally lobbied the US ambassador to Australia to drop its extradition attempts to bring Julian Assange to trial.
It is the first time since 1992,when the chain was founded by Dick Smith,that the Australian retail landscape won't include Australian Geographic stores.
A $500,000 tax refund for a millionaire appalled many,but none more than Dick Smith himself.
John Tait's article raises the interesting argument that Biblical passages are always reinterpreted and misused according to different contexts.