Queensland Federal MP Bob Katter has decided not to hang up his trademark Akubra hat after the company agreed to continue making his personal hats out of Australian rabbit fur, but no-one else's.

Iron-ore billionaire Andrew Forrest’s family office has struck a deal to buy Australian hat maker Akubra Hats Pty Ltd., deepening the Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. founder’s ownership of local ...

SYDNEY, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Tattarang, the private investment group of Nicola and Andrew Forrest, the Australian iron ore magnate, said on Sunday it had acquired Australian hatmaker Akubra ...