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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tory Shepherd

Gina Rinehart and former News Ltd chief John Hartigan receive 2022 Australia Day honours

Gina Rinehart, who is Australia’s richest person, appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) ‘for distinguished service to the mining sector, to the community through philanthropic initiatives, and to sport as a patron’.
Gina Rinehart, who is Australia’s richest person, has received a 2022 Australia Day honour ‘for distinguished service to the mining sector, to the community through philanthropic initiatives, and to sport as a patron.’ Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP

Australia’s richest person, mining magnate Gina Rinehart, has picked up an Australia Day gong as has media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s former Australian chief.

Rinehart’s appointment as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) “for distinguished service to the mining sector, to the community through philanthropic initiatives, and to sport as a patron” is likely to spark controversy.

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