Australian ranchers are fighting new laws that outlaw cowboy hats because they don't meet modern safety standards. New safety laws say cowboys must wear helmets instead of the standard stockman'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 ...

Sept. 12 (UPI) --A former hat owner shared video of a uniquely Australian tragedy -- a crocodile eating his Akubra after it blew off his head. The video, recorded Friday on the Adelaide River in ...