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By national science and environment reporter Michael Slezak and the specialist reporting team's Loretta Florance

Deal sees payment flow from Gina Rinehart's company Hancock Prospecting to Liberal Party

Gina Rinehart's company Hancock Prospecting sent two payments of $190,000 to the Sydney Mining Club over two years. (AAP: Dave Hunt/ABC News: Erik Fazekas)

Gina Rinehart's company, Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd, was behind a $150,000 payment to the Liberal Party, transferred via a third party, and not declared by the mining giant by the November 17, 2022 deadline.

An ABC investigation has uncovered a series of payments, which a leading barrister and anti-corruption expert believes is a "scheme" to bypass political donation laws.

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