Perth’s best high schools and the powerbrokers who attended them
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Perth’s best high schools and the powerbrokers who attended them

It’s an age-old question:What’s the secret to success? A deep-dive into the lives of some of WA’s most high-profile figures indicates there’s one significant determining factor.

  • byJesinta Burton andHolly Thompson

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‘Strong as an ox’:Forrest hails iron ore as green projects beckon
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‘Strong as an ox’:Forrest hails iron ore as green projects beckon

The billionaire is in no rush to find a boss for Fortescue’s iron ore division,which boasts revenue of $25 billion a year.

  • byPeter Milne
Gaines blasts snail-pace towards gender equality for chief executives

Gaines blasts snail-pace towards gender equality for chief executives

Corporate Australia needs to move faster on employing more women as chief executives,says outgoing Fortescue boss Elizabeth Gaines.

  • byPeter Milne
China tightens negotiations with Australia over iron ore

China tightens negotiations with Australia over iron ore

A new state-backed company will now centralise purchases of iron ore for the steel sector and increase Beijing’s bargaining power.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
Forrest signs up monster German EVs to start ditching diesel in the Pilbara

Forrest signs up monster German EVs to start ditching diesel in the Pilbara

Fortescue will replace almost half the haul trucks at its Pilbara iron ore mines with battery or hydrogen-powered units from German firm Liebherr using technology from a UK firm the miner bought in January.

  • byPeter Milne
Fortescue hits record shipments but COVID blows costs out

Fortescue hits record shipments but COVID blows costs out

Fortescue achieved record iron ore shipments but suffered a $421 million cost bump at its Ironbridge magnetite project with more inflation expected in the booming WA resource sector.

  • byPeter Milne
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‘I don’t need to bang the table’:Brady’s velvet glove smashes glass ceiling at Telstra

‘I don’t need to bang the table’:Brady’s velvet glove smashes glass ceiling at Telstra

Vicki Brady joins Macquarie Group’s Shemara Wikramanayake and Woodside boss Meg O’Neill sharing the rarefied air of women that govern Australia’s top 20 businesses.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Fortescue iron ore profits drop amidst green energy questions

Fortescue iron ore profits drop amidst green energy questions

The market is more interested in the iron ore miner’s blue sky green energy plans than its red dirt earnings.

  • byPeter Milne
Rio Tinto ‘shamed’ by alarming sexual harassment,bullying and racism

Rio Tinto ‘shamed’ by alarming sexual harassment,bullying and racism

An independent report has found staff across Rio Tinto’s global operations from corporate offices to remote mine sites are being subjected to alarming rates of sexual harassment,racism and bullying in the workplace.

  • byPeter Milne andNick Toscano
Fortescue says WA border delay is ‘disappointing’ as skills shortage bites

Fortescue says WA border delay is ‘disappointing’ as skills shortage bites

The boss of Andrew Forrest’s iron ore miner Fortescue thought the miner was ready to manage COVID-19 at its mines before WA Premier Mark McGowan delayed the relaxation of border controls.

  • byPeter Milne
Forrest pays $309m for battery tech with Williams F1 pedigree

Forrest pays $309m for battery tech with Williams F1 pedigree

Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue has bought the Williams Formula One team’s engineering offshoot that will switch gears from race cars to haul trucks.

  • byPeter Milne