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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Cait Kelly

Gina Rinehart retains top spot on rich list as 200 wealthiest Australians see fortunes grow by 11%

Gina Rinehart
While five of the top 10 Australian fortunes, including Gina Rinehart’s, are built on extraction, the era of tech kings and property moguls has arrived. Photograph: Kelly Barnes/AAP

Australia’s rich have continued to grow their fortunes, with the tech and property sectors creating more of our top earners, according to this year’s Australian Financial Review’s rich list.

Gina Rinehart has kept her top spot for the fifth year in a row on the annual list, which reveals the total wealth of the 200 richest people in Australia increased 11% to $624.9bn, even as the country struggled with high inflation and a cost-of-living crisis.

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