Melania Trump’s secret to getting through hard times? Love (actually) The first lady spoke about (wait for it) diversity as she presented awards to courageous women from around the world The Guardian - US · Apr 5, 2025
Afternoon Update Election 2025: Dutton dismisses Rinehart rumour; Bandt’s huge toothbrush; and dreams of the pub Opposition leader shrugs off suggestions close relationship with mining magnate has cooled over gas and net zero policy The Guardian - AU · Apr 4, 2025
Dutton scotches rumours he ‘disappointed’ Gina Rinehart with his Coalition gas plans Opposition leader shrugs off suggestions close relationship with mining magnate has cooled over gas and net zero policy The Guardian - AU · Apr 4, 2025
Artist Who Depicted Dutton, Rinehart & More As Nazis Defends Work: ‘Makes You Think’ The artist responsible for the Wagga Wagga window display says it's intended to “make the viewer think” and does not promote hate or racism. Pedestrian.tv · Apr 1, 2025
Morning Mail: Gina Rinehart’s Maga message, Trump ‘pissed off’ with Putin, daunting search for quake survivors What drives Australia’s richest person?; Trump takes tougher tone with Russian leader; rescuers scour collapsed buildings in Myanmar and Thailand The Guardian - AU · Mar 30, 2025
‘A female Donald Trump’: how Gina Rinehart is pushing the Maga message in Australia Australia’s richest person has close ties with the US president’s ‘Trumpettes’ and has even styled her company headquarters with Maga-inspired designs The Guardian - AU · Mar 30, 2025
Morning Mail: Dutton and Rinehart’s ideological love-in, Trump and Putin to speak on ceasefire, fireworks ignite nightclub blaze Assessing the influence of Australia’s richest person; Russian and US presidents likely to hold talks this week The Guardian - AU · Mar 16, 2025
Friends with benefits: Gina Rinehart and Peter Dutton’s ideological love-in Since Dutton became opposition leader, the billionaire mining magnate has cultivated their bond. We look back at their increasingly close relationship The Guardian - AU · Mar 16, 2025
Mystery money for MPs shines light on 'dark' donations Independents want greater transparency into who is bankrolling political parties, with the origins of almost half of donations a mystery. AAP · Feb 2, 2025
Australians join super-rich cosying up to Trump – and aren’t afraid to say what they want Gina Rinehart and Anthony Pratt are among the super-rich seeking a direct line to the US president and a chance to increase their already immense power The Guardian - AU · Jan 24, 2025
Misleading fear campaigns may kill Labor’s superannuation changes. But here are the real numbers Increasing the tax rate on superannuation balances above $3m would affect less than 1% of the population – and yet it is still unlikely to pass The Guardian - AU · Jan 22, 2025
Afternoon Update: Trump promises ‘historic’ day one; Palestinian prisoners freed; and Djokovic gets an apology President-elect tees up a barrage of executive orders targeting illegal immigration, transgender rights and other rightwing priorities The Guardian - AU · Jan 20, 2025
Australian billionaires Anthony Pratt and Gina Rinehart praise Trump in US newspaper ads ahead of inauguration Rinehart lauds ‘outstanding leader’ while Pratt says he is ‘honored to support your call to Make America Great Again’ The Guardian - AU · Jan 20, 2025
Australian billionaires make $67,000 an hour, Oxfam says in call for tax on super-rich Analysis shows local billionaire wealth rose by 8% last year, meaning tycoons such as Gina Rinehart make 1,300 times more than average person’s pay The Guardian - AU · Jan 20, 2025
AAP · Jan 14, 2025 Cash splash for vital rare earths to break China's grip A rare earths project backed by Australia's richest woman Gina Rinehart is getting a leg-up from the taxpayer to fast-track a mine and refinery.
AAP · Jan 13, 2025 Milestone for Rinehart's lithium play in auto heartland A project backed by billionaire Gina Rinehart is marking a milestone in developing a sustainable supply chain for electric cars by harnessing geothermal energy.
The Guardian - AU · Jan 6, 2025 Gina Rinehart and Pauline Hanson seen dining together in Thailand – as it happened All the day’s news as it unfolded
The Guardian - AU · Dec 13, 2024 Judge gives the media a serve over criticism of rape prosecutions Judge John Pickering defends NSW DPP Sally Dowling and fomer ACT DPP Shane Drumgold against sustained attacks. Plus: what Gina Rinehart wants for Christmas
The Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2024 Meta to force financial advertisers to be verified in bid to prevent celebrity scam ads targeting Australians Exclusive: Businesses to require financial services licence number to post Facebook ads while individuals will need government-issued ID
The Guardian - AU · Nov 1, 2024 Afternoon Update: court rules Hanson racially vilified Faruqi; Jennifer Lopez campaigns with Kamala Harris; and a really, really, really big fine Justice Angus Stewart found Pauline Hanson’s comment that Mehreen Faruqi should ‘piss off back to Pakistan’ was a ‘strong form of racism’
The Guardian - AU · Oct 31, 2024 McKenzie defends Dutton flight, saying Coalition doesn’t ‘need Gina Rinehart to influence us’ to back mining Shadow transport minister says she is reviewing her own declarations on flight upgrades she may have received
AAP · Oct 31, 2024 Labor, coalition ensnared in flight upgrade furore As the prime minister came under fire for flight upgrades, the opposition is defending its own travel arrangements.
The Guardian - AU · Oct 31, 2024 Fight or flights: the six days it took Albanese to deny he contacted Alan Joyce for Qantas upgrades Over the course of nearly a week, the prime minister batted away questions about the Qantas upgrade scandal before eventually comprehensively denying contacting Joyce for upgrades
The Guardian - AU · Oct 21, 2024 Meta to use facial recognition technology in fight against celebrity investment scam ads Social media company says it has seen ‘promising results’ in detecting the scam ads, which have included deepfake images of Gina Rinehart and Guy Sebastian
The Guardian - AU · Oct 4, 2024 Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart wanted ‘so-called’ portraits ‘permanently disposed of’ Freedom of information documents reveal mining magnate lobbying National Gallery chair over Vincent Namatjira portraits