Rich 200 property: Trouble at the top end
Luxury homes in exclusive suburbs, once an attractive place to park wealth, have been hit harder than the rest of the residential market.
Who’s out: The rich get poorer, sometimes
Sixteen people, including Lachlan Murdoch, left the BRW Rich 200 this year.
Who’s in: You must be new here
A tough year has meant fewer people forced their way onto the Rich 200 this year.
Gallery | Rich 200 2012
Meet the Australian billionaires at the top of BRW’s Rich 200 for 2012.
Rich 200: It’s tough at the top
Gina Rinehart might now be the world’s richest woman, but many of Australia’s Rich 200 resources billionaires have taken a haircut this year.
Money versus the masses
The Rich 200 are under attack and may have only themselves to blame.
Tech no gateway to Australian success
The Rich 200 throws into stark relief the paucity of hyper-successful tech entrepreneurs in a country that considers itself among the cleverest in the world.
Rinehart world’s richest woman
Gina Rinehart is now the richest woman in the world, putting her on a trajectory to one day challenge for the mantle of richest person.
Rich 200
Rich health
Executive excess
When a high-flying lifestyle affects your waistline big-time it’s time to take action.
Rich farmers
Rich profiles
Life in labour
Therese Rein is one of the most successful self-made female entrepreneurs in Australian history.
Inside BRW
More Rich 200
Bright ideas go unrewarded
| Georgina DentThe record shows that Australia is not a place where innovators are richly supported. Few inventors have made it onto the BRW Rich 200, however useful or appealing their inventions.
Emerging Companies
Carnegie’s helping hand
| Georgina DentMH Carnegie & Co offers more than just cash to start-ups it hopes can become game changers.
Features
Change merchants
| Georgina DentThe 2012 BRW and AMP Capital Shopping Centres Retailer of the Year Awards prove there is life in retail.
FYI
Call to redress budget distress
| Damon FrithAfter the disappointing budget, business reform needs to move up the political agenda.
The Business End
Security not a Gen Y concern
| Georgina DentGeneration Y are not concerned about data privacy so their employers should be.
Smart Talk
Richard Branson: Rethinking education
| Richard BransonSmart Talk | The Virgin founder sees business opportunities in the tertiary learning sector.
Professions
Hip to be Federation Square
| Michael BlebyA decade on, Melbourne’s Federation Square is still attracting and repelling critics.
Lifecycle
Rocking: Michael Holmes
| Sally RoseAfter years gigging, stockbroker Michael Holmes now helps clients manage their superannuation investments.
Investment
Lure of class action profits
| Tony FeatherstoneFeatherstone | Given the lumpy nature of Centro’s revenue stream and the prospect of regulation, it’s not a stock for all.
Property
Blue sky towns not immune from risks
| Michael BaileyStratospheric rental yields and capital growth bring investors to mining towns – but beware the risks when mines shut down.
Any Other Business
Rock star economists
| Nassim KhademSuddenly, economists have become the luminaries we turn to for a direct line to the meaning of everything.
Blogs
All that information
| Jeanne-Vida DouglasGoogle isn’t making us stupid but slow learning might not be such a bad idea.
David James
Nothing to lose but credit
| David JamesDavid James | Entrepreneurialism is alive and well in the union movement.
Fast Club
Refreshingly down to earth
| Damon FrithGeological research group Earth Data has grown rapidly, amid big demand for coal seam gas.
Eco
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Boom, here comes a rebalance
| Paul BloxhamThe distorting effects of the mining sector’s rise are beginning to wear off.