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Burnt out by Hollywood, but with hard-won pitching skills and creative nerve, this couple reinvented themselves — and a patch of hinterland — with a bold wellness venture. After years trying to make it in Hollywood, when this couple came home to Queensland, they carried a decade’s worth of creative grit and a dash of […]
She’s been in the public eye since her teens, but Rita Ora isn’t interested in nostalgia. The British-Albanian singer, actor and entrepreneur has built a career on reinvention – one that spans chart-topping singles, film roles, fashion collaborations and her own beauty brand. Now, she’s entering a new phase. This story appears in Issue 20 […]
We collected the top photographs from Australia for 2025 as determined by Getty Images’ director of editorial content, Cassie Trotter. “For the past 30 years, Getty Images has been dedicated to capturing history in real time, documenting both the stories that made headlines and the quieter moments that resonated deeply within communities worldwide,” says Trotter. […]
Data journalist Juliette O’Brien examines the numbers that show young Australians are rewriting the investment playbook, backing portfolios over property. Is this a structural shift in wealth building or a cycle driven by fashion and hype? This story appears in Issue 20 of Forbes Australia, out now. Tap here to secure your copy. With property prices soaring and […]
Piers Bolger, Chief Investment Officer at Infinity Asset Management, leads the firm’s multi-asset investments and is responsible for macroeconomic research. He spoke to Stewart Hawkins about the divergence of market performance and job growth in the era of AI, what that means for consumption and wealth and the effect on investment portfolios. Also how Australians […]
Paul Wiltshire swapped songwriting for software – and built the world’s biggest B2B music licensing platform. This story appears in Issue 20 of Forbes Australia – Out now. Paul Wiltshire wonders about the two competing sides of his brain, the creative one that wrote and produced songs for chart-topping performers, and the commercial half that […]
Forbes Australia picks out three Australian entrepreneurs who are making waves in the startup space right now. Quick Takes appears in Issue 20 of Forbes Australia, out now. Tap here to secure your copy. Conry Tech After six decades in the air-conditioning sector, Ron Conry found himself facing an industry that looked much the same as […]
The world’s first ultra-luxury icebreaker is charting a course for Hobart, bringing billionaires, scientists and an idea born over dinner in Brittany to Australia’s edge. In 2015, over dinner and a bottle of wine in Brittany, France, a handful of Ponant executives discussed an idea that sounded implausible. They wanted a ship strong enough to […]
Thousands of fans packed into Yas Marina for the final F1 race of the season. Millions more watched from home. Photographers were stacked three deep along the fence as Lando Norris claimed his first world championship. Front and centre in almost every celebration shot was the detail on his wrist, the kind of product placement […]
Australia’s first indoor snow resort has taken a step forward, signing a partnership with global Chinese operator Bonski Group — a move its developers say positions western Sydney for a new era of tourism investment. Key Takeaways Key Background Winter Sports World, a $700 million indoor snow resort planned for Penrith in western Sydney, has […]