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Andrew Forrest vs Kerry Stokes escalated to minister for ‘alleged misuse of media’

Calum Jaspan

February 17, 2023 10:46

West Australian billionaire Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest has taken his quarrel with fellow mining billionaire (and majority owner of Seven West Media [SWM]), Kerry Stokes to the minister for communications, Michelle Rowland, alleging misuse of media powers.

Forrest is alleging that Stokes’s SWM newspaper, The West Australian, has misused its power for “commercial interests”, in an argument regarding mining equipment.

L-R: Stokes and Forrest

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Calum Jaspan was news editor at Mumbrella, based in Melbourne. He was also the producer and host of the Mumbrellacast. He left Mumbrella in May 2023.

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Andrew Forrest Kerry Stokes Michelle Rowland Minister for Communications Seven Group SWM The West Australian

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