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'Lifeline' for coral at risk of rising sea temperatures

Australian researchers have discovered coral bred from reefs in warmer oceans are more able to survive in extreme heat stress.

AAP · Jun 8, 2025

NRL to consider Perth Bears-Western Force player swap

Incoming NRL outfit Perth Bears and rugby union side Western Force could enter into a radical player-share agreement suggested by billionaire Andrew Forrest.

AAP · May 8, 2025

'Underwater bushfire' devastating reefs yet to let up

Some corals have been found to skip bleaching to go to instantaneous mortality after being hit with particularly extreme heat stress.

AAP · Apr 11, 2025

Australian billionaires make $67,000 an hour, Oxfam says in call for tax on super-rich

Analysis shows local billionaire wealth rose by 8% last year, meaning tycoons such as Gina Rinehart make 1,300 times more than average person’s pay

The Guardian - AU · Jan 20, 2025

Andrew Forrest fires back at ExxonMobil’s claims of ‘smear campaigns and lawfare’

Iron ore billionaire says he is ‘personally delighted’ at lawsuit as fossil fuel giant has ‘opened themselves up to cross-examination’ in a US court

The Guardian - AU · Jan 9, 2025

Multi-billion dollar price tag revealed to go nuclear

The federal opposition would make taxpayers fork out the combined equivalent of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's wealth to set up nuclear reactors.

AAP · Dec 12, 2024

A tax on new plastic would slash waste – if built into the global treaty on plastics

Earlier this week, the mining magnate Andrew Forrest made headlines calling for a global “polymer premium” – or plastic tax – to be placed on every tonne of newly manufactured plastics. A tax like this could form part of the Global Plastic Treaty being hammered out right now in Busan,…

The Conversation · Nov 28, 2024

Trucks, trains and dozers drive Fortescue's 'real zero'

Iron ore billionaire Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest says he intends to silence the naysayers with profitable patented green technology to save the planet - and mining.

AAP · Nov 6, 2024

Andrew Forrest says net zero is ‘fantasy’ so his goal is ‘real zero’. What does he mean – and can he achieve it?

The mining tycoon says his iron ore business will stop using fossil fuels by the end of the decade without carbon offsets or carbon capture and storage

The Guardian - AU · Oct 9, 2024

Australians evacuate Lebanon on flight to Cyrus

The first chartered flight of Australians fleeing war-torn Lebanon has landed in Cyprus, with passengers set to head to Sydney soon.

AAP · Oct 4, 2024