Andrew Forrest tips $5 million into medicinal cannabis company

Andrew Forrest tips $5 million into medicinal cannabis company

The foray into the industry comes a few months after fellow iron ore magnate Gina Rinehart put $15 million behind the European expansion of another medical cannabis player,Little Green Pharma.

  • byPeter de Kruijff

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Billionaires Andrew and Nicola Forrest start screen production company
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Billionaires Andrew and Nicola Forrest start screen production company

With initial backing of $10 million,the venture has lined up its first four projects including one by an Oscar-winning American director.

  • byGarry Maddox
Forrests shut WA cattle station gates to sand miner

Forrests shut WA cattle station gates to sand miner

Onslow Resources has lost a licence in the WA Warden’s Court which had allowed it to use a 300-metre access track across Minderoo Station to get to a sand mining site in the Ashburton River.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Forrest’s ‘green’ concerns complicate JBS’ Tasmania salmon takeover

Forrest’s ‘green’ concerns complicate JBS’ Tasmania salmon takeover

WA billionaire Andrew Forrest’s investment company Tattarang has spent $43 million this week to increase its Huon stake to 18.5 per cent in a move that complicates the $550 million JBS takeover.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Andrew Forrest’s irrigation project could ‘kill’ rainbow serpent

Andrew Forrest’s irrigation project could ‘kill’ rainbow serpent

The Forrest proposal aims to raise the water table and capture 300 megalitres a year to help grow fodder crops and provide a drinking source for cattle. It was knocked back after advice from the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee that eight heritage sites,including a mythological site that covers most of the river,could be impacted.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Global data-sharing alliance key to finding COVID-19 cures fast

Global data-sharing alliance key to finding COVID-19 cures fast

Scientists scattered across the globe can share their data on a new digital platform,pooling their knowledge and discoveries and skills to fast track vital treatments for COVID-19.

  • byKate Aubusson
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Why Harvey Beef is building a huge cattle feedlot,and how you can be a conscious carnivore

Why Harvey Beef is building a huge cattle feedlot,and how you can be a conscious carnivore

It says its feedlot will be higher-welfare than others,but does “better” equal “good”? And without clear labelling,how can you make informed buying decisions?

  • byEmma Young
Harvey Beef proposes state's biggest intensive cattle feedlot in Wheatbelt

Harvey Beef proposes state's biggest intensive cattle feedlot in Wheatbelt

The feedlots,double the size of the current largest facility,and will take in pasture-raised cattle and feed them enough grain to put on 200kg in 100 days.

  • byEmma Young
The doctor is in:Andrew'Twiggy'Forrest gets PhD in marine science

The doctor is in:Andrew'Twiggy'Forrest gets PhD in marine science

For the past few years,the Forrests have turned their considerable influence and wealth towards the fight to save the globe’s dying oceans.

  • byHamish Hastie
One room,three people and $5.5 billion in philanthropic funding

One room,three people and $5.5 billion in philanthropic funding

Over tea and tarts,the chiefs of Australia's richest philanthropic organisations put their heads together about early intervention for disadvantaged children.

  • byJordan Baker
'Twiggy'Forrest's $440m plastics plan supported by big companies

'Twiggy'Forrest's $440m plastics plan supported by big companies

Iron ore billionaire Andrew"Twiggy"Forrest says his ambitious plan to tackle ocean pollution by raising the raw cost of making plastic is gaining support.

  • byNick Toscano