Rinehart saves Hancock crown jewels, but rivals cash in Billionaire Gina Rinehart will be forced to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to two rival mining dynasties after a bitter legal feud over iron ore riches. AAP · Apr 14
Gina Rinehart and rival heirs brace for court verdict on claim to billion-dollar fortune Judgment will rule on whether spoils of some of Hancock Prospecting’s iron ore projects must be shared with family of her father’s business partner The Guardian - AU · Apr 14
Pauline Hanson fails to properly declare more free flights from Gina Rinehart Exclusive: One Nation leader updates register after questions from the Guardian to include multiple flights courtesy of Rinehart’s company The Guardian - AU · Mar 17
Pauline Hanson charged taxpayers almost $9,000 for private plane to event honouring Gina Rinehart donation Details of flight come as One Nation leader faces scrutiny over her use of taxpayer-funded entitlements The Guardian - AU · Mar 5
Pauline Hanson failed to declare another flight from billionaire Gina Rinehart’s company Exclusive: One Nation leader has now updated register of interests to include the flight revealed by Guardian Australia The Guardian - AU · Feb 3
Gina Rinehart’s company donated almost $900k to rightwing group Advance, political donations data shows Clive Palmer’s Minerology was the single biggest political donor in 2024-25, giving $53.1m to Trumpet of Patriots, which failed to win a seat The Guardian - AU · Feb 2
Pauline Hanson travelled to US on Gina Rinehart’s private jet to attend CPAC Exclusive: One Nation senator travelled on mining magnate’s Gulfstream 700 in October and stayed at Rinehart’s US$66m Palm Beach mansion The Guardian - AU · Dec 29, 2025
Rich lister's private chopper plan has wings clipped Gina Rinehart's plans to wing her way to the office have been scuttled after her company's plan to build a helipad at its new headquarters was blocked. AAP · Dec 10, 2025
Hancock Prospecting spikes volleyball funding before home world championships Gina Rinehart’s mining company ends 12-year association with VA last year before Adelaide hosts elite beach volleyball competition from 14 November The Guardian - AU · Nov 10, 2025
Netanyahu, uninterrupted: Sky News Australia interview ticks off all the talking points for Israeli PM Sharri Markson scores interview with leader, who took the opportunity to condemn Australia over alleged ‘appeasement’. Plus: the Tele’s psychic connection The Guardian - AU · Aug 22, 2025
Rio Tinto, Hancock Invest $1.6 Billion In Hope Downs 2 Expansion Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) and Hancock Prospecting have announced on Tuesday a joint investment of $1.61 billion to develop the Hope Downs 2 iron ore project in Western Australia's Pilbara region. A 50-50 investment will drive a significant expansion of the long-standing Hope Downs Joint Venture between the two companies. Benzinga · Jun 24, 2025
Rio Tinto, Hancock to develop $2.5b iron ore project A joint venture between Rio Tinto and Hancock Prospecting has been given approval for an iron ore project to add 31 million tonnes to global supply each year. AAP · Jun 24, 2025
Morning Mail: Gina Rinehart’s culture of praise, Zelenskyy invites Putin to peace talks, drought hurts farmers Former staff lift the veil on life at mining firm; Pope Leo calls for end of hostilities in Ukraine; dry conditions heap hurt on farmers in SA and Victoria The Guardian - AU · May 11, 2025
Thank you for letting us make you rich: claims of ‘bizarre’ culture in Gina Rinehart’s company Former staff lift the veil on life at Hancock Prospecting, where they say the boss is lavishly praised and adulation is encouraged The Guardian - AU · May 11, 2025
The Guardian - US · May 9, 2025 Large investors increased stake in Trump Media by hundreds of millions SEC filing revelations raise questions about big business’s desire to curry favor with Trump and his administration
The Guardian - AU · Apr 20, 2025 Inside the bitter billion-dollar feud tearing Gina Rinehart’s family apart John Hancock has been waging a legal battle against his mother since 2004. He has barely seen her outside of a courtroom since
The Guardian - AU · Apr 13, 2025 How rich is Gina Rinehart, and how much will she earn in the time it takes to read this article? Australia’s wealthiest person rakes in billions from her iron ore mines. We look at how she makes her money – and how she spends it
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 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 · Feb 20, 2025 Morning Mail: Vance calls immigration ‘greatest threat’, public school fees surge, Rubiales found guilty over kiss US vice-president warns of danger of allowing in ‘unvetted foreign migrants’
The Guardian - AU · Feb 20, 2025 ‘Misleading’: Gina Rinehart’s mining firm breached environmental code with ‘clean gas’ job ad, panel rules Ad Standards Community Panel upholds complaint over Hancock Prospecting’s promotion in the Weekend Australian
The Guardian - AU · Oct 31, 2024 Afternoon Update: Dutton admits Rinehart company jet request; Woolworths employee confronts board; and a ‘hated’ hand sculpture Opposition leader says request to Hancock Prospecting for flight to Bali bombing memorial service came only after government would not help him get a flight
The Guardian - AU · Aug 23, 2024 Where’s the beef? Gina Rinehart puts past journalism quarrel aside with pies at the Kennedys Mining billionaire, who hasn’t always been on good terms with reporters, bankrolls journalism awards. Plus: cuts continue across media companies
The Guardian - AU · Jun 18, 2024 Australia’s biggest companies made nearly $100bn in ‘crisis profits’ amid Covid and Ukraine war Oxfam analysis finds Woolworths, Hancock Prospecting and NAB among companies to rake in much higher profits off the back of crisis conditions
The Guardian - AU · Jun 2, 2024 Gina Rinehart denies approaching National Portrait Gallery to offer an artwork of herself Hancock Prospecting says billionaire did not initially approach National Portrait Gallery offering portrait of herself, saying gallery first approached her