The Latest Breaking News from Gina Rinehart

The fact Gina Rinehart and well-paid FIFO workers are in the same tax bracket is insane. Labor made the cuts fairer, but it’s not suddenly a champion of progressive tax reform.

Are the climate wars over? The Minerals Council says they are — while continuing to pursue them out of sight.

Report says combined fortunes of Gina Rinehart, Andrew Forrest and Harry Triguboff doubled between 2020 and 2023, while one in eight Australians live in poverty

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong will fly to the Middle East today where she will meet victims of Israeli and Hamas violence, and the Victorian government bailed out Tennis Australia to the tune of $63 million.

A Hancock spokesperson denied that the company had tried to censor Crikey’s reporting, instead blaming a third party who “inadvertently” filed takedown requests on their behalf.

Latest figures show the consumer price index at 4.3% in November – down from 4.9% in October

Pauline Hanson’s controversial chief of staff attracts cash and clout to Queensland state campaign – with speculation he is positioning himself as party’s heir apparent

The figure is based on an Institute of Public Affairs report, but its extrapolations have been described as ‘ridiculous’

Pro-Palestine activists targeted the Melbourne masthead with a die-in. Meanwhile it’s been a busy week for the courts.

More than 200 current and former federal and state MPs and local councillors have signed a letter calling for a ‘permanent ceasefire’ in Gaza and accusing Israel of ‘domination’ of Palestinians, and NT Chief Minister Natasha Fyles faces more opprobrium after another potential shares scandal.

When a once-credible paper like the Financial Review gives a mining heiress a platform to push her self-interested views, it’s clear no good will come.