From farm to fine dining: How Olsson’s Salt became a Michelin-starred essential

How Australia’s oldest family-owned salt business went from stock licks and swimming pools to Michelin-starred restaurants.  This story featured in Issue 13 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. When Alex Olsson came on board the family salt business in 1997, after a 12-year career in hospitality, she found a company in the depths […]

‘Artificial leaf’ could help feed the world

The world needs more ammonia but with fewer emissions. Australian inventors have found a way to make it using pure sunlight.  This story featured in Issue 13 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. Ammonia production is one of the toughest challenges for a decarbonising world. Without ammonia, we would not have nitrogen fertilisers. Without nitrogen […]

Where I’m putting the money: Michael Every

Rabobank global strategist Michael Every is known for his often contrary, frank and  sometimes flippant, but always exhaustively researched, opinions. He spoke with Stewart Hawkins about why he’s bearish on this country’s property “obsession”, the economic danger of intergenerational inequity, the continuing threat from China and bemoans the way we constantly do “stupid things cleverly […]

The Vanquish is back: Inside Aston Martin’s latest masterpiece

The 2025 Aston Martin Vanquish has made its world debut in a setting as iconic as the car itself – Venice, Italy. Against the historic backdrop of the Venetian Arsenale, the marque unveiled its newest creation to a crowd that included Hollywood heavyweights and racing royalty. This story featured in Issue 13 of Forbes Australia. Tap […]

Iggy Azalea: What money can’t buy

Iggy Azalea burst onto the global music scene a decade ago with her breakthrough singles “Work” and “Fancy” (with Charli XCX). Following Billboard Hot 100 hits and a Grammy nomination for record of the year, the erstwhile rapper who hails from Mullumbimby near Byron Bay, NSW, is turning her attention to tech entrepreneurialism – and […]

How Didier Elzinga built Culture Amp into a $2 billion powerhouse

Elzinga founded Melbourne unicorn Culture Amp in 2009, after identifying that most big technology transformation projects are not technology problems – they are cultural. It is now the largest culture analytics firm in the world. This article featured in Issue 13 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. When Didier Elzinga received a call […]

‘Trillions of dollars’: The bountiful upside to ugly freight

Cate Hull knows a lot about transporting peculiar, bulky, ugly goods from one location to the next. Now she is taking her sustainably-focused Australian company FreightExchange overseas to tap into a trillion-dollar global opportunity.  Hull did not coin the term “ugly freight”; it’s a phrase commonly used in the transportation industry, but she has made a […]

Recce Pharmaceuticals

Recce: From No More Tears to no more superbug fears

A grandfather and grandson teamed up to tackle the lethal global problem of antibiotic resistance, inventing a new class of drug in a Perth garage, and now getting it into phase-3 trials.  This story featured in Issue 13 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. The minor scratch had festered, and a red line […]