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AU Financial Review
4 days ago
- AU Financial Review
Waislitz-Pratt court feud spells end to once amicable divorce
For years it looked like billionaire Alex Waislitz and his ex-wife, Visy heiress Heloise Pratt, had achieved the impossible – an amicable separation. But the once civil divorce appears to be getting more acrimonious each day. Waislitz's legal team was silent on Friday morning on allegations made by the Pratt family in court that he had no power to gift two luxury Toorak townhouses to his now-fiancee Rebekah Behbahani when they broke up in 2019.
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
JLT Mobile Computers showcases JLT6015 at TOC Europe, June 17-19, 2025 – a new innovative rugged vehicle-mount computer enabling container terminal automation
Image description: TOC Europe 17-19 June 2025Image available: pr@ Växjö, Sweden, 3rd June, 2025 * * * JLT Mobile Computers, a leading developer and supplier of reliable computers for demanding environments, invites media to experience its latest rugged vehicle-mount computers at TOC Europe on June 17-19, 2025. The annual conference in Rotterdam, Netherlands, brings together global port and terminal supply chain leaders. JLT will be at stand E:32 alongside Visy, a pioneer in optical character recognition (OCR) that integrates AI and deep learning into its vision-based terminal automation solutions. JLT's rugged computers support thousands of critical tasks every day and are essential for executing routines in container terminals. For example, Visy's latest user applications for crane operations run on JLT computers – helping terminal personnel work more efficiently and maintain the planned sequence of operations. At TOC Europe, JLT will showcase its portfolio of rugged vehicle-mount computers, spearheaded by JLT6105, the industry's first rugged vehicle-mount computer with a 15-inch full high-definition (HD) widescreen, alongside the field-proven Navis Ready validated VERSO Series. Designed specifically for container terminals, these rugged computers enable 24/7 container throughput and optimize productivity in even the harshest over 25 years of experience in container handling environments, JLT's rugged devices are trusted by leading container terminals worldwide. They serve as the digital backbone for real-time data capture and reliable communications. Together, JLT's rugged hardware and Visy's smart automation solutions create value across the terminal – from wharf and yard to gates and parking areas.' Introducing JLT6015: engineered to boost productivity and maximize TEU capacityJLT6015 is the industry's first to combine a superior full HD display, 1920 x 1080, with a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio. It delivers exceptional clarity and performance in harsh, constrained terminal environments. JLT6015 is future-ready with 5G (in Europe) and Wi-Fi 6E connectivity, split-screen capabilities, and a rugged, dock-free design. JLT6015 gives operators the visibility and computing performance to keep terminals productive and connected. Peter Lundgren, Container Terminal Business Development Manager at JLT Mobile Computers, says, 'JLT6015 harnesses the full potential of the latest software applications from Visy and opens new opportunities to optimize container terminal productivity and throughput.' VERSO Series: Navis Ready validated for N4 Terminal Operating SystemBuilt for 24/7 operations in the most challenging terminal environments, VERSO Series is the optimal rugged computer for container terminals. Engineered to withstand salt, sand, or harsh weather, constant vibration, and round-the-clock shifts, it provides reliable performance throughout the terminal. It is designed to keep terminal operations moving, enhancing capacity, productivity, and container throughput. It is Navis Ready, allowing terminal operators to benefit from seamless integration, as compliance with the container terminal operating system is pre-verified. On display also the latest developments of JLT Insight, a software tool to assist in real time location and tracing of CHE:s, hence optimizing the use of the CHE fleet. Visit us at TOC EuropeBe the first to experience JLT6015, explore VERSO Series and JLT's rugged vehicle-mount computers at TOC Europe at Visy's stand E:32. Peter Lundgren, Business Development Manager Ports and Terminals Container Terminals, will be onsite to demonstrate. Book a meeting with Peter Lundgren. To learn more about JLT Mobile Computers, and the company's products, services and solutions, visit Financial information is available on JLT's investor page. Reader enquiries Press contact Certified Adviser JLT Mobile Computers pr@ Eminova Fondkommission AB Peter LundgrenTel.: +46 08 684 211 10 Tel.: +46 70 669 7050adviser@ JLT Mobile Computers JLT Mobile Computers is a leading developer and supplier of rugged mobile computing devices and solutions for global and local port operators, in particular container terminals. Almost 30 years of development and manufacturing experience have enabled us to set the standard in rugged computing, combining outstanding product quality with expert service, support, and solutions. Operators depend on JLT computing devices in all their container handling equipment (CHE) to ensure trouble-free business operations 24/7. JLT participates in the Navis Ready Validation program to ensure interoperability with Navis N4. JLT operates globally from offices in Sweden, France and the US, complemented by an extensive network of sales partners in local markets. The company was founded in 1994 and its shares have been listed on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market stock exchange since 2002 under the symbol JLT. Eminova Fondkommission AB acts as Certified Adviser. Learn more at in to access your portfolio
Sydney Morning Herald
08-05-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
The $13,000 Carlton membership that opens doors to the rich and famous
The club's big business relationships have been crucial for fundraising events, particularly in tough times. Late billionaire Pratt's presidency is legendary, including his star-studded fundraisers at family home Raheen that brought in $1 million of donations to the club. He also famously provided a comfy job at Visy for star Judd, a highly controversial out-of-salary-cap deal the league quickly nixed. Pratt, who was a director from 1985 to 2000 and returned in 2007 as president before resigning to face serious allegations about his business practices and battle ill health, had one main rule for his fellow board directors. 'He was firm on this – no directors were allowed on the board just to get tickets or to get close to players or to lobby coaches. Directors had to help the club in ways that they could,' a source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, says. 'He would have spit chips over the Mathieson and Sayers bingle in the clubrooms,' they add, referencing the loud quarrel between now former director Craig Mathieson and Sayers at the end of the club's bruising 26-point round 11 loss against Sydney in 2023. There's also renewed hope that the Pratts' involvement in the club could soon make a spectacular comeback. In recent months, Dick Pratt's daughter Heloise Pratt, a fundraiser of significant renown and flair, has returned to the Carlton fold after an acrimonious split with her Collingwood-supporting husband, Alex Waislitz. While switching teams in Melbourne is usually a no-go, Pratt's return is being quietly celebrated at the Blues, particularly as it is both Carlton's gain and arch rival Collingwood's loss. Like the Pratts, Carlton's late long-serving president Elliott also used his buccaneering spirit to lift the club's profile and spirit, leading to the Blues' most successful period. Unfortunately for the club, Elliott's taste for hard and fast deals and thin respect for red tape also flowed into Carlton's culture, leaving the club nursing large fines from the 2002 salary cap breach and further tarnishing his reputation. In more recent times, the club has benefited from a steady and impressive income stream delivered by one of its most influential figures, Bruce Mathieson. Mathieson was instrumental in helping the club acquire 290 poker machine licences when the market was deregulated in 2012, and now his business, ALH Group, manages the venues for the club. In the past three years alone, revenue from its hotels and gaming hustles has poured $60 million into the club's coffers, making the club cash-flow positive and further strengthening its balance sheet. (Sayers also wins praise for his work in shaping up the club's finances and helping to set it up for the future.) Carlton's powerbase, however, stretches beyond big business into the uppermost echelons of politics, particularly within the Liberal Party. Australia's longest-serving prime minister Robert Menzies was a No.1 ticket holder and a lifelong 'Bluebagger'. So was Malcolm Fraser, who famously hosted the 1981 and 1982 premiership teams at the Lodge, where the players pilfered silverware as mementos and a WAG known only as 'Fabulous' broke her ankle. Elliott was also the Liberal Party president for several years. More recently, from 2021 to 2023, the club's No.1 ticket was then federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg, who is still a senior figure in the Liberal Party despite not being in parliament any more. For Frydenberg, his association with the club is familial and enduring. 'It's a great club with a proud history, obviously it's been quite a while since we won a premiership with expectations always high. There's flags and then there's everything else – it's a pretty binary outcome for many supporters,' Frydenberg, now the head of Goldman Sachs in Australia, says over the phone in the midst of the hectic 2025 election campaign. 'There's been a bit of turmoil at the club over the years but at the same time the Blues have given so much joy to so many, including my family. My kids are passionate supporters like their dad and their grandad. It was a real privilege to be the No.1 ticket holder and I still stay in touch with people at the club.' On the other side of the aisle, now retired Andrews government attorney general and former sports minister Martin Pakula is also a leading political figure associated with the Blues. 'I have been to many president lunches, committee lunches ... I've been to Carlton in Business events, and it's really good to be able to engage with business but they probably don't resonate as much as sitting in the outer with your family and friends, complaining together,' says Pakula, who is now boss of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation. 'That said, I can't do that as much as I like because I am often at those lunches.' But Pakula admits he gains a certain type of (limited) influence by attending these lunches. 'I may have on occasions shared my opinion about the club's coaching decisions,' Pakula says. 'I may have also, occasionally, abused SMS messaging services during games. I have tried to behave, though it's not like they make it easy sometimes.' Both Pakula and Frydenberg hark from migrant families, many of which came to Melbourne's inner northern suburbs, particularly Carlton, in the 1930s through to the post-war era. These new Australian families backed the club and the sport to forge strong bonds within their neighbourhoods. It's a history that resonates for retired Federal Court judge Ray Finkelstein KC, who is sometimes seen at president's functions when, he says, he can be bothered suiting up and is confident he won't tear his hair out at the on-field performance. 'The Fink', as he is widely known, was born in Germany to Polish parents, and after arriving in Thornbury as a young child, grew up as a Carlton supporter on the encouragement of a childhood friend. Before becoming one of the country's most revered judges, Finkelstein was a leading commercial barrister who worked on numerous AFL matters both for the league and various clubs. He has also provided quiet advice to the club on a range of matters. But it hasn't all been for good. In 1997, when Carlton great and now board member Greg Williams was facing a career-ending nine-match ban for shoving an umpire, it was to the Fink that the AFL turned for help. 'That was the worst thing I did. I remember I told my children, who were still living at home at the time, and they were furious, seriously furious, that I was acting against Williams. They even asked me if I could throw the case,' says Finkelstein with a laugh. Finkelstein, of course, won the matter for the AFL. All appears to be forgiven – the Fink received a letter wishing him the best on his retirement from the bench in 2011 from none other than Judd. Finkelstein got a better shout out in 2023, when current captain Patrick Cripps delivered a video message lauding Finkelstein at the launch of the Finkelstein scholarship for humanitarian and Indigenous students to study law. While Finkelstein is a bit cynical about how much Judd and Cripps had to do with writing their missives (given the obvious involvement of his friend, Pratt lawyer and Carlton fanatic Leon Zwier), he agrees that most Carlton fans don't receive plaudits from the club's captains, and it is a perk. The key question is: can Carlton maintain these links with the younger generations of these well-connected families, and do the kids even care? The answer might be yes. Loading Year 10 student Nadav Leibler is a mad keen Carlton supporter. He is the son of leading corporate lawyer Jeremy Leibler, and the grandson of one of Australia's best tax lawyers Mark Leibler – co-founder of law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler. The young Leibler appears to be passionate about both the club's off-field and on-field performance, seeing the two as intrinsically linked. 'When the president stepped down at the end of last year due to personal reasons, I was very concerned,' he says. 'And then at the start of the season a great Carlton player, Elijah Hollands, wasn't playing for personal issues and again I was really concerned. Then there are other players having problems. 'It makes me wonder if there's some sort of culture issue going on at the club, or something is happening behind closed doors.' Leibler is too young to say whether he'll follow in his father or grandfather's professional footsteps, but his love of the club and his keen interest in the Blues' culture as well as his family's connections, bode well for Carlton's future.
The Age
08-05-2025
- Business
- The Age
The $13,000 Carlton membership that opens doors to the rich and famous
The club's big business relationships have been crucial for fundraising events, particularly in tough times. Late billionaire Pratt's presidency is legendary, including his star-studded fundraisers at family home Raheen that brought in $1 million of donations to the club. He also famously provided a comfy job at Visy for star Judd, a highly controversial out-of-salary-cap deal the league quickly nixed. Pratt, who was a director from 1985 to 2000 and returned in 2007 as president before resigning to face serious allegations about his business practices and battle ill health, had one main rule for his fellow board directors. 'He was firm on this – no directors were allowed on the board just to get tickets or to get close to players or to lobby coaches. Directors had to help the club in ways that they could,' a source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, says. 'He would have spit chips over the Mathieson and Sayers bingle in the clubrooms,' they add, referencing the loud quarrel between now former director Craig Mathieson and Sayers at the end of the club's bruising 26-point round 11 loss against Sydney in 2023. There's also renewed hope that the Pratts' involvement in the club could soon make a spectacular comeback. In recent months, Dick Pratt's daughter Heloise Pratt, a fundraiser of significant renown and flair, has returned to the Carlton fold after an acrimonious split with her Collingwood-supporting husband, Alex Waislitz. While switching teams in Melbourne is usually a no-go, Pratt's return is being quietly celebrated at the Blues, particularly as it is both Carlton's gain and arch rival Collingwood's loss. Like the Pratts, Carlton's late long-serving president Elliott also used his buccaneering spirit to lift the club's profile and spirit, leading to the Blues' most successful period. Unfortunately for the club, Elliott's taste for hard and fast deals and thin respect for red tape also flowed into Carlton's culture, leaving the club nursing large fines from the 2002 salary cap breach and further tarnishing his reputation. In more recent times, the club has benefited from a steady and impressive income stream delivered by one of its most influential figures, Bruce Mathieson. Mathieson was instrumental in helping the club acquire 290 poker machine licences when the market was deregulated in 2012, and now his business, ALH Group, manages the venues for the club. In the past three years alone, revenue from its hotels and gaming hustles has poured $60 million into the club's coffers, making the club cash-flow positive and further strengthening its balance sheet. (Sayers also wins praise for his work in shaping up the club's finances and helping to set it up for the future.) Carlton's powerbase, however, stretches beyond big business into the uppermost echelons of politics, particularly within the Liberal Party. Australia's longest-serving prime minister Robert Menzies was a No.1 ticket holder and a lifelong 'Bluebagger'. So was Malcolm Fraser, who famously hosted the 1981 and 1982 premiership teams at the Lodge, where the players pilfered silverware as mementos and a WAG known only as 'Fabulous' broke her ankle. Elliott was also the Liberal Party president for several years. More recently, from 2021 to 2023, the club's No.1 ticket was then federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg, who is still a senior figure in the Liberal Party despite not being in parliament any more. For Frydenberg, his association with the club is familial and enduring. 'It's a great club with a proud history, obviously it's been quite a while since we won a premiership with expectations always high. There's flags and then there's everything else – it's a pretty binary outcome for many supporters,' Frydenberg, now the head of Goldman Sachs in Australia, says over the phone in the midst of the hectic 2025 election campaign. 'There's been a bit of turmoil at the club over the years but at the same time the Blues have given so much joy to so many, including my family. My kids are passionate supporters like their dad and their grandad. It was a real privilege to be the No.1 ticket holder and I still stay in touch with people at the club.' On the other side of the aisle, now retired Andrews government attorney general and former sports minister Martin Pakula is also a leading political figure associated with the Blues. 'I have been to many president lunches, committee lunches ... I've been to Carlton in Business events, and it's really good to be able to engage with business but they probably don't resonate as much as sitting in the outer with your family and friends, complaining together,' says Pakula, who is now boss of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation. 'That said, I can't do that as much as I like because I am often at those lunches.' But Pakula admits he gains a certain type of (limited) influence by attending these lunches. 'I may have on occasions shared my opinion about the club's coaching decisions,' Pakula says. 'I may have also, occasionally, abused SMS messaging services during games. I have tried to behave, though it's not like they make it easy sometimes.' Both Pakula and Frydenberg hark from migrant families, many of which came to Melbourne's inner northern suburbs, particularly Carlton, in the 1930s through to the post-war era. These new Australian families backed the club and the sport to forge strong bonds within their neighbourhoods. It's a history that resonates for retired Federal Court judge Ray Finkelstein KC, who is sometimes seen at president's functions when, he says, he can be bothered suiting up and is confident he won't tear his hair out at the on-field performance. 'The Fink', as he is widely known, was born in Germany to Polish parents, and after arriving in Thornbury as a young child, grew up as a Carlton supporter on the encouragement of a childhood friend. Before becoming one of the country's most revered judges, Finkelstein was a leading commercial barrister who worked on numerous AFL matters both for the league and various clubs. He has also provided quiet advice to the club on a range of matters. But it hasn't all been for good. In 1997, when Carlton great and now board member Greg Williams was facing a career-ending nine-match ban for shoving an umpire, it was to the Fink that the AFL turned for help. 'That was the worst thing I did. I remember I told my children, who were still living at home at the time, and they were furious, seriously furious, that I was acting against Williams. They even asked me if I could throw the case,' says Finkelstein with a laugh. Finkelstein, of course, won the matter for the AFL. All appears to be forgiven – the Fink received a letter wishing him the best on his retirement from the bench in 2011 from none other than Judd. Finkelstein got a better shout out in 2023, when current captain Patrick Cripps delivered a video message lauding Finkelstein at the launch of the Finkelstein scholarship for humanitarian and Indigenous students to study law. While Finkelstein is a bit cynical about how much Judd and Cripps had to do with writing their missives (given the obvious involvement of his friend, Pratt lawyer and Carlton fanatic Leon Zwier), he agrees that most Carlton fans don't receive plaudits from the club's captains, and it is a perk. The key question is: can Carlton maintain these links with the younger generations of these well-connected families, and do the kids even care? The answer might be yes. Loading Year 10 student Nadav Leibler is a mad keen Carlton supporter. He is the son of leading corporate lawyer Jeremy Leibler, and the grandson of one of Australia's best tax lawyers Mark Leibler – co-founder of law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler. The young Leibler appears to be passionate about both the club's off-field and on-field performance, seeing the two as intrinsically linked. 'When the president stepped down at the end of last year due to personal reasons, I was very concerned,' he says. 'And then at the start of the season a great Carlton player, Elijah Hollands, wasn't playing for personal issues and again I was really concerned. Then there are other players having problems. 'It makes me wonder if there's some sort of culture issue going on at the club, or something is happening behind closed doors.' Leibler is too young to say whether he'll follow in his father or grandfather's professional footsteps, but his love of the club and his keen interest in the Blues' culture as well as his family's connections, bode well for Carlton's future.
The Guardian
06-05-2025
- Business
- The Guardian
Who is Anthony Pratt, the Australian recycling billionaire who turned heads at the Met Gala?
Anthony Pratt has turned heads at New York's Met Gala, walking its high-stakes, couture-heavy carpet wearing an eye-catching outfit. But who is the man Donald Trump once called a 'red-haired weirdo' – and what's with his penchant for recycling-themed tailoring? One of Australia's wealthiest people, Pratt, 65, is the heir and billionaire head of recycling and packaging empire Pratt Holdings, which owns Visy Industries. Visy, known as Pratt Industries in the US, has more than 150 sites, including more than 70 factories in the US, and 7,000 employees globally, according to its website. The Australian Financial Review valued Pratt and his family's wealth at $23.3bn in last year's rich list. Late last year, he announced he was granted a green card and he and his family now live in the US. For the second year in a row, Pratt turned New York's Met Gala into a promotional opportunity for his business, wearing a suit emblazoned with the recycling logo and the words 'Pratt 100% recycled'. It was a bold, Riddler-inspired twist on the Met Gala's Superfine: Tailoring Black Style theme. Last year's neon pink frock coat, bedazzled with sequined recycling logos, was no less eye-catching. Despite being called a 'red-haired weirdo from Australia' by Donald Trump after he was accused of discussing sensitive nuclear submarine information with Pratt in 2023, the US president considers him a 'friend'. He denied ever discussing submarines with Pratt. At the White House last week, Trump announced that Pratt was investing US$5bn (A$7.8bn) in US industry, before putting him on the spot. 'I read a report that he's the richest man in Australia, but who the hell knows. Do you think you're the richest man in Australia?' Trump asked. Before last year's US election, the cardboard magnate gave US$10m to MAGA Inc, a super-pac supporting Trump, and then donated more than $1m to the president's inauguration fund. He also hosted an election victory party for 700 people at Mar-a-Lago and took out a full-page advertisement in the New York Times after January's inauguration, congratulating the US president and telling him: 'I'm honoured to support your call to Make American Great Again by bringing manufacturing jobs back home.' A post on Pratt's LinkedIn page shows him celebrating last New Year's Eve with Trump and former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison at Mar-a-Lago. Pratt has donated more than $16m to both the left and right sides of Australia's political fence since 1998. More than $10.1m has gone towards the Liberal-Nationals Coalition, and $5.5m to Labor. In both 2023-24 and 2022-23, the Visy chair donated $1m to Labor. Pratt Holdings was 2022's biggest political donor, pouring $1.3m into Australia's conservative Liberal party before that year's federal election, which Labor won. Morrison is not the only former PM with close ties to Pratt. Paul Keating and Tony Abbott have both been on Pratt's payroll, according to the Australian Financial Review, which reported the former leaders earned from $8,000 to $25,000 a month as advisers to the businessman. Pratt also donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the former Prince of Wales, before he became King Charles, and described his fortune as his 'superpower'.
