Billie Eilish announces 2025 Australian tour dates

The 22-year-old artist behind ‘Bad Guy’ is doing four shows in Brisbane, followed by four in Sydney. Eilish will take the stage for four final shows in Melbourne in March. Eilish announced that her third album – ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’ – will drop on May 17. The North American tour for the album […]

‘Leading the world’: How this ex-Tesla exec plans to solve Australia’s energy crisis

Nick Carter spearheaded renewable energy innovation at Toyota, AGL, Tesla, and Macquarie Capital. He is now CEO and co-founder of Akaysha Energy, a homegrown Australian company specialising in large-scale battery storage. Akaysha has 10 GW of energy storage projects in the pipeline – 23% of the capacity needed for Australia to meet 2050 net-zero targets. […]

SproutX: the Victorian seed fund accelerating agriculture 

The pandemic brought the vulnerability of the agricultural supply chain into the spotlight. SproutX is a Melbourne-based accelerator supporting a $130m portfolio of agtech start-ups. This article was featured in Issue 10 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. When it comes to innovation, agriculture – the world’s oldest industry – is typically not the […]

$25 billion and counting: Inside Blackstone’s Australian investments

Blackstone acquired Crown Resorts for $8.9 billion in 2022, taking the private equity behemoth’s investment in Australia to $25 billion. We sit down with Chris Tynan, Blackstone’s head of real estate in Australia, to discuss the three pillars where he sees opportunity: hospitality; logistics; and housing.  This article was featured in Issue 10 of Forbes […]

Why Brisbane to Melbourne high-speed freight rail line is a ‘no brainer’

The country’s largest trucking companies are on a journey to become net zero-emissions logistics operations by 2050. We sit down with Linfox executive chairman Peter Fox to talk about the barriers he faces in greening the Linfox fleet and the interstate infrastructure he is calling on Prime Minister Albanese to build. This article was featured […]