Threat eases as Glen Forrest fire is downgraded

Residents have been advised to leave their homes, as a bushfire with reported 20-metre flames poses a possible threat to lives and properties in Glen Forrest.

Truck crash closes Forrest Highway

Forrest Highway has been closed after a major crash involving a truck and a car this morning.

Forrest savages Swan over MRRT

Andrea Hayward West Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest has savaged Treasurer Wayne Swan over Labor's mining tax, saying it won't deliver the $10 billion expected by the federal government.

Human rights complaint on Forrest comment

Mining magnate Andrew Forrest's comment that young Aboriginal girls in the Pilbara are offering men sex for cigarettes has prompted a complaint to Australia's human rights watchdog.

Forrest maintains mining tax fight

Six months later, Fortescue Metals boss Andrew Forrest continues to attack the government's planned mining tax, branding it ''unconstitutional''.

Man dead in Forrest Highway truck collision

Katherine Fenech A man died after two trucks collided on the Forrest Highway this morning, forcing police to close a portion of the highway.

Rudd finally gets brunt of tax: Forrest

Mining magnate Andrew Forrest says Prime Minister Kevin Rudd finally understands the full brunt of the government's proposed resources tax on the Australian economy.

Forrest labels super tax a 'class war'

AAP FMG boss may sell projects and warns business may head offshore.

Glen Forrest Car Crash

A teacher has died and a student hospitalised after a car crash outside Helena College in Glen Forrest.

Twiggy's comeback: Forrest regains top spot on rich list

Iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest has more than doubled his wealth to reclaim the title of the nation’s richest person from gaming tycoon James Packer.

Two people dead after Forrest Highway crash

Two people have lost their lives and two are badly injured following a road accident on Forrest Highway this afternoon near Lake Clifton.

Forrest: mining tax is dead

The "heap of garbage" should never have been taken out of the can, he said.

Forrest Chase fashion shoot

Our hottest talent model the latest collections against a stunning backdrop in Perth.

'Quite dangerous' if Forrest found guilty: defence

Chalpat Sonti It would be "quite dangerous" for Fortescue Metals Group and its chief executive Andrew Forrest to be found guilty of misleading the market, a court has heard.

Fateful words

Forrest's fate hangs on two little words

Chalpat Sonti Beijing, 2004, and the ghosts of a recent corporate failure were about to be laid...

Forrest 'misled, deceived' investors: ASIC

Joseph Sapienza and Chalpat Sonti The Australian Securities and Investment Commission will be asking the Federal Court to ban one of Australia's richest men from being a company director after they claim he made "misleading and...

Forrest complicit in misleading releases, court told

Fortescue Metals Group chief executive Andrew Forrest had a key role in issuing press releases and statements that misled investors about the "binding" nature of deals with Chinese companies, a court...

Forrest appeals against AAT income tax decision

A long-running income tax dispute between mining billionaire Andrew Forrest and the Commissioner for Taxation has returned to the Federal Court in Perth.

$500,000 damage in Glen Forrest fire

John Chan A fire at a Glen Forrest hardware store has caused an estimated $500,000 damage.

Forrest declined right to refuse questioning

Chalpat Sonti Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest declined his right to silence and made a statement to investigators looking into his Fortescue Metals Group but that evidence should now not be used in legal proceedings, a...