Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart has gifted a portrait of herself to the National Gallery with a list of requests currently being negotiated before it can be hung. Her unusual demand comes weeks after the mining magnate made international headlines over her reported distaste of a portrait of her byContinue Reading
A public memorial service is being held for the late Australian property developer and billionaire Lang Walker at the Sydney Town Hall at 11am on Friday. Mr Walker died in January at his home in Sydney, and was laid to rest at a private family funeral on the Gold Coast.Continue Reading
A court battle between Australian billionaire Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest and Meta (Formerly Facebook) has been dropped by the Commonwealth DPP in the WA District Court. Forrest had pursued criminal charges against the social media company over an alleged cryptocurrency clickbait advertising scam that promotes fake investment schemes using his image.Continue Reading
Property developer and philanthropist Lang Walker AO died overnight, aged 78. The Australian billionaire spent his last days surrounded by family at his Woolloomooloo home, in Sydney’s north shore. He is survived by his wife Sue and three adult children: Blake, Chad and Georgia at his side. Mr Walker hadContinue Reading
Tourists will soon be able to stay on an Australian billionaire’s island on the Great Barrier Reef, starting at $20,000 a night. Pelorus Island is the northernmost island in the Palms Island group and is a 30-minute helicopter journey from Townsville. When Chris Morris bought the island in 2017, heContinue Reading
A $40 million superyacht owned by Australian billionaire and mining magnate Clive Palmer has become stuck off the coast of Singapore. The yacht is believed to have run aground in shallow waters one kilometre off the exclusive Sentosa Island on Monday afternoon. Palmer purchased the 56-metre Benetti – which heContinue Reading
Former US President Donald Trump has blasted allegations he leaked sensitive military secrets to an Australian billionaire in a bombastic post on an alt-right social media platform. Posting to his 6.41 million followers on Truth Social at 4.49am, Mr Trump called the reports from American news outlet ABC News “falseContinue Reading
Former US president Donald Trump allegedly slipped sensitive details about America’s nuclear submarine fleet to an Australian billionaire, reports have claimed. American news channel ABC News reports Mr Trump told cardboard industrialist Anthony Pratt the exact number of nuclear warheads carried by US submarines and how close they could getContinue Reading
Former US president Donald Trump allegedly slipped sensitive details about America’s nuclear submarine fleet to an Australian billionaire, reports have claimed. American news channel ABC News reports Mr Trump told cardboard industrialist Anthony Pratt the exact number of nuclear warheads carried by US submarines and how close they could getContinue Reading
At 90 years old, Australian billionaire Harry Triguboff has just opened his latest hotel, growing his Meriton Suites business to a value of $7.2 billion. The 378-room Melbourne high-rise at 140 King St became the 23rd hotel in the chain when it officially opened its doors this week. It wasContinue Reading