News about Gina Rinehart
Federal Budget 2024: Dick Smith and Allison Langdon vow to give their $300 energy rebate to charity
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May 15, 2024
Allison Langdon (right) and Dick Smith (left) lead a pack of 'well-off' Aussies who have promised to donate their $300 power bill rebate to charity. Even Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart - whose net worth is estimated to sit at $46billion, will receive $300 off their power bills over the next financial year. The rebate won't be delivered as cash but will instead come in $75 deductions from power bills every quarter for the next year.
Gina Rinehart: See the portrait that Australia's richest person doesn't want you to see
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May 15, 2024
The mining magnate (left) approached Canberra's National Gallery of Australia in April to have the painting (right) by Indigenous artist Vincent Namatjira axed from public view. The Hancock Prospecting executive chair was one of 21 Australian icons portrayed by the Archibald Award winner for his 'Australia in colour' exhibition. The 'witty' artist portrayed Ms Rinehart with an aghast look on her face and without a clear jawline.
Federal Budget 2024: Nat Barr grills Jim Chalmers over energy rebate on Sunrise
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May 14, 2024
Nat Barr has grilled Treasurer Jim Chalmers about why even the wealthiest Australians can receive $300 to go towards their energy bills. The measure was announced in Tuesday's Budget to help ease some of the burden of the cost of living crisis. But Barr questioned why Aussies who weren't struggling financially needed the rebate too.
Aussie billionaire Gerry Harvey rips into the Albanese government with foul-mouthed takedown of the Budget: 'Just playing politics'
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May 14, 2024
The billionaire co-founder of Harvey Norman has joined the chorus of voices criticising Labor politicians for using the Budget to play politics instead of providing Australians with some much-needed relief. Gerry Harvey, 84, revealed his disappointment with how politicians are handling the economy as a growing number of voters threaten to boycott Labor at the next election.
Australians react with fury to Jim Chalmers' Budget as voters say they DON'T want $300 energy rebate and Treasurer is torn apart on live TV... as experts warn handouts could spark economic disaster
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May 14, 2024
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is facing a massive backlash over his Federal Budget with Labor's $300 cash handout for electricity bills coming under fire. Some voters are now vowing to boycott Labor at the next election, with an expert describing it as 'the most irresponsible in recent memory'.
Aussies band together to try and buy iconic farm from controversial Chinese owner - as shocking details emerge about what happened after he took over
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May 5, 2024
Aussies are banding together in an audacious bid to reclaim national ownership of a breathtakingly beautiful piece of coastal farmland that a Chinese billionaire has put on the market. The 200-year-old 'Woolnorth' dairy farm in northwest Tasmania is being sold by Chinese billionaire Xianfeng Lu, drawing to a close what a controversial tenure since he staved off rival Aussie bidders to pay $280million for the 143,500ha property in 2016. Mr Lu has been progressively selling off chunks of land over the last couple of years, but he has put up for sale the final 1300 hectares of the property, which includes a historic homestead, eight dairies and a small wind farm.
Major blow for Gina Rinehart's children in long-running legal battle of family fortune
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April 23, 2024
The WA Supreme Court has denied Gina Rinehart's (pictured right) children John Hancock and Bianca Rinehart's (pictured left and inset) application to access dozens of documents and correspondence that were made between their mother and her lawyers dating back decades. Ms Rinehart and Hancock Prospecting claimed the documents were 'privileged' because they contained legal advice and were therefore 'without prejudice'.
Gina Rinehart reveals the five ways China's communist government is better than Australia's
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April 21, 2024
Australia's richest person says the nation is being outdone by communist-run China when it comes to energy, economic, defence, education and emissions policies. Gina Rinehart, 70, in a keynote speech for an Institute of Public Affairs conference on the Gold Coast on Saturday night, admitted her verdict would likely 'shock' the audience. But the mining magnate insisted China is 'doing a better job than our government'.
NRL legend Gina Rinehart sells a lavish tropical estate
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March 22, 2024
Gina Rinehart, Australia's richest individual, has a sprawling tropical retreat on sale. The Queensland property is located on the shores of Murray Bay, just north of Bowen, and it spreads out over 3.5 acres of secluded land, including 250 meters of private beachfront. The town, which has been described as a 'gateway to the Whitsundays,' is located in a true north orientation towards the sea, boasting three detached buildings and three self-contained units.
How Roger Drake, who began as a trolley collector before being refused by Woolworths, helped him design the $827 million Drakes supermarket empire
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March 15, 2024
Roger Drake (left) is the founder of Drakes Supermarkets (right), which owns 60 stores throughout South Australia and Queensland. According to documents submitted by the corporate regulator, he came in at number 173 on Australia's top 250 wealthy list, which was announced by The Australian on Friday, after sales for his supermarket chain hit $1.18 billion in 2023. Mr Drake bought his first store in Adelaide 50 years ago, first calling Jack & Jill's, despite setbacks and even the opposition of another shopping behemoth.
Adrian Portelli, the 'Lambo guy', has been named as one of Australia's richest individuals. Here's how he made his money.'
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March 14, 2024
Mr Lambo businessman Adrian Portelli has risen to number 115 on The List - Australia's Richest 250, with an estimated $1.3 billion gain from his promotions firm LMCT+.
Gina Rinehart's fortune soars to a new high in just one year
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March 14, 2024
Gina Rinehart, Australia's richest person, has seen her rise by nearly 40% in the last year, ahead of second place Andrew and Nicola Forrest. According to The Australian's Richest 250 list, Mrs Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting mining conglomerate makes her her a whopping $50.48 billion. She was worth $37.1 billion last year, putting her about where fellow mining magnate Mr Forrest and his estranged wife Nicola are sitting this year, but her wealth increased by another $13.4 billion in the last 12 months.
Gina Rinehart's life-changing act of kindness to hundreds of employees and colleagues: The extraordinary act of a mining magnate at a 70th birthday party
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March 4, 2024
The billionaire's nearly 4,000 employees in her private company's mining, oil, and agricultural divisions are all in danger of winning 'life-changing' sums of money at the company's black-tie fundraisers. Around 70 employees received a tax-free $100,000 reward - equivalent to $750,000 at the recent Christmas parties and Mrs Rinehart's first birthday bash in February. 'It's like a station hand who works in rural Queensland who earns 100 grand after tax,' one company insider said.
Inside Gina Rinehart's star-studded 70th birthday - as Peter Dutton 'flies across the country' to be there: 'Best night of my life'
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March 3, 2024
Gina Rinehart treated her employees to a black tie dinner to celebrate her 70th birthday, with a horse show and Australian jazz. Last Thursday evening, the billionaire mining magnate threw the bash in a massive marquee on the banks of the Swan River in Perth, with Guy Sebastian delivering the national anthem. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton flew in all the way from Canberra to attend for just 40 minutes before flying to Melbourne ,
Thousands of Aussie companies reveal shocking gender pay gaps
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February 26, 2024
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At a lavish $2,500-a-head dinner where the mining billionaire bought a complete wagyu sirloin, Gina Rinehart throws her support behind one of Pauline Hanson's closest allies
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January 8, 2024
Gina Rinehart has sipped and dined with One Nation members at a lavish fundraising dinner where she carried a complete wagyu sirloin. At the December 28 dinner at Vue Wine Bar & Restaurant in Yeppoon, central Queensland, the billionaire mining magnate was the guest of honour, with diners paying $2,500 for the privilege. It was a big fundraising effort for Pauline Hanson's chief of staff, James Ashby, who is now competing for the seat of Keppel in Queensland.
In a 'deep-fake' scam involving Gina Rinehart and Dick Smith, Queensland couple Ron and Paula lost $220,000 from their super
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December 19, 2023
When they fell for a deep-fake scam that promised to make them money in an online trading service, Queenslanders Ron and Paula (main) lost their entire super savings. Sadly, this is the second time scammers have deceived them by using similar tactics. Artificial intelligence has made it possible for scammers to copy the faces and voices of famous Australians such as Dick Smith (inset) and Gina Rinehart, causing Australians to refrain from investing money into fake investment scams.
As the mining billionaire continues to invest in fashion, Gina Rinehart selects her favorite Aussie brand as part of a massive shopping spree
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December 17, 2023
Gina Rinehart, a mining magnate, is on her quest to save and revive classic Aussie clothing brands by snapping up Rossi Boots following her recent purchase of Driza-Bone. S. Kidman & Co, Mrs Rinehart's company, has acquired the 100-year-old footwear brand for an undisclosed price as part of its 'commitment to safeguarding iconic national brands.' Ms Rinehart is now in direct retail competition with fellow mining billionaire Andrew Forrest, who bought Australian bootmaker RM Williams in October 2020.
Gina Rinehart, the Australian Business Person of the Year, shares her latest year's wish: read her no-nonsense government tips
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December 15, 2023
As Gina Rinehart claims the coveted title of Australian Business Person of the Year, she's demanding that the government take steps rather than simply receiving accolades.
Rio Tinto is embroiled in the conflict between Australian mining dynasties, with a war raging in the middle of the twentieth century
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December 14, 2023
In the state's Supreme Court, lawyers for the Anglo-Australian company are fighting allegations that have accrued from funds earned as far back as the 1950s and 1960s, including claims worth billions of dollars in iron ore royalties that have flowed from discoveries dating back to the 1950s and 1960s. The tense debate in the Pilbara region centers on four open pit iron mines owned by Rio's Hammersley Iron subsidiary and Hancock Prospecting, which have been in partnership since 2005.
Gina Rinehart and Dick Smith take another brutal swipe at Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg over 'illegal scams'
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December 12, 2023
After their faces appeared in scam advertisements, Gina Rinehart and Dick Smith wrote a warning letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Scammers, according to Mr Smith, have been manipulating his voice and appearance into offering fake crypto currency and diets for more than two years. Similar scams have been perpetrated on mining tycoons Andrew Forrest and Ms Rinehart, as well as well as well as renowned real estate developer Harry Triboff to sell dodgy stuff.
After a pay war left shattered actors'sleeping in their cars, Netball Australia boss Kelly Ryan dropped a bombshell.'
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December 12, 2023
Kelly Ryan presided over the tense feud with actors over their compensation, which culminated in several players avoiding the sport's largest awards ceremony recently.
After fellow mining tycoon Andrew Forrest purchased Akubra and RM Williams, Gina Rinehart snaps up Driza-Bone, a local Aussie brand
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December 4, 2023
Gina Rinehart, Australia's richest individual, has acquired Driza-Bone, one of the country's most popular clothing brands, for an undisclosed sum and has promised to'rejuvenate' the coveted wet weather clothing. Prime ministers and US presidents have worn Driza-bone's signature oilskin jackets and appeared in films including Man from Snowy River, as well as being displayed during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games opening. Mrs Rinehart said she treasured the brand's historical links, but she was excited about the future and hoping to expand overseas.
After not being paid for nine weeks, netball players are'sleeping in cars,' as a very unusual sport steps in to benefit them financially during the wage fight
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November 30, 2023
Following the revelations that some players have been compelled to'sleep in cars' after not receiving a paycheck for the past nine weeks, the Netball Australia pay scandal has hit a new level. On Thursday, as the rawness of the situation hit home, actress Jo Weston (pictured left) burst into tears in front of a scrum of journalists.