WA postie who allegedly stole packages charged with mail tampering

Good morning all and welcome to Friday’s live blog.

Making headlines, a deep dive into Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest’s $7 billion charity has quietly given up on some of its most audacious projects, announced with fanfare at Parliament House or the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Minderoo says the projects were never abandoned; instead, the charity pivoted and evolved.

But former staff, bound by non-disclosure agreements, describe lost focus and unexplained shifts in direction, as its hyperactive founder takes on new missions. “He needs the next shiny thing,” says one.

Read more about what those projects are here.