In a closed-door meeting at Canva’s Sydney headquarters this year, some of the nation’s wealthiest families gathered behind closed doors to debate a simple but confronting question: is Australia no longer the lucky country?

On April 29, about 30 of the country’s most powerful family offices – including Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Minderoo, Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Grok Ventures, Robyn Denholm’s Wollemi and Canva co-founder Cameron Adams’ Wedgetail – convened for what organisers described as a “wake-up call” on the future of Australia’s prosperity.

The invitation-only all-day summit, hosted by start-up accelerator Startmate, was the first time many of these dynasties had met each other. Collectively, they control billions of dollars in wealth – much of it mined from iron ore, built in propert

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