Andrew Forrest


Ore deal leaves Twiggy an over-geared pawn

Twiggy Forrest is going to be running an over-geared speculative miner producing just one commodity, servicing just one market and getting less than market prices.

Fortescue undercuts rivals in cheap China ore deal

Fortescue Metals Group has settled its 2010 iron ore contracts with Chinese steel mills, giving the Chinese the victory they need to attempt to pressure BHP and Rio to settle at larger discounts to the Japanese.

APRA falls flat in face of executive pay bonanza

The new APRA standards will be little more than lip service to the insatiable remuneration packages enjoyed by executives at the large banks.

Packer: Australia’s richest once more

Australia’s richest business people have become progressively poorer in the last year. Andrew Forrest fell from number one in the Top 40 rich list thanks to losses of $5 billion.

Twiggy’s donga donation fails to excite residents

Mining magnate Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest’s accommodation donation the Victorian bushfire appeal appears to have fallen short.

Andrew Forrest visits Kinglake

We don’t want the talk, we want your money”: Kinglake residents meet with Australia’s wealthiest man.

Kohler: the PM’s $42 billion false dawn

Yesterday’s fiscal stimulus package was a political announcement, not an economic one, and it will make almost no difference to the economy, writes Alan Kohler.

The Forrest plan: have they thought this through?

The Forrest plan to create employment opportunities for 50,000 Indigenous Australians has its risks, writes Professor Jon Altman.

Rudd sold short by Twiggy’s charm offensive

Prime Minister Rudd may have succumbed to Andrew Forrest’s charm offensive, but Twiggy’s lastest pronouncements on short selling show he’s off with the pixies, writes Stephen Mayne.

Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks

Meaty snippets from the home of government, Richard Farmer writes.

Time for institutions to explain their problem with Twiggy

Australian institutions continue to shun Fortescue. What gives, asks Stephen Mayne?

Rich 200: The crunch takes a few victims

The party’s not over for the BRW Rich 200, but the volume’s certainly been turned down. SmartCompany’s James Thomson previews the annual guide to wealthy Australia.