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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Amanda Meade

AFR takes up the cause of ‘unfairly maligned billionaire’ Gina Rinehart

Gina Rinehart
AFR feature applauded Gina Rinehart’s philanthropy and business success with quotes from anonymous sources and Hancock chief executive Adam Giles. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images

To celebrate her 69th birthday billionaire Gina Rinehart has been handing out millions of dollars to employees in an act of “life-changing generosity”, the Australian Financial Review reported.

“The often misunderstood and sometimes unfairly maligned billionaire gave away at least 10 prizes of $100,000 each at a Christmas gathering for Roy Hill workers,” wrote Perth reporter Brad Thompson in a headline so glowing it could have been written by Australia’s richest woman herself: “Rinehart gives away millions to workers in birthday raffle.”

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