Gina Rinehart paid $1.2 million to Australia’s Commonwealth Games swimmers. Is there any problem with that? Australia’s swimming team dominated the pool at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. The Conversation · Jul 30
Meet Gina Rinehart: Australia’s richest woman who just invested $1.4 billion in Elon Musk’s SpaceX For decades, the fortune of Australia's wealthiest citizen has been tied to iron ore buried deep beneath the country's red earth. Yet in recent years, Gina Rinehart has gradually expanded her interests far beyond mining, backing sectors she believes will shape the decades ahead. Space exploration now appears to sit… The Times of India · Jun 17
WA:Hancock mining riches battle shifts to legal bill fight Australia's richest person survived a legal bid to claim a share of some of her prized iron ore assets; now the lawyers are fighting over the legal bills. AAP · May 19
Rinehart legal saga reignites, Hancock lodges appeal The epic legal battle between the company owned by billionaire Gina Rinehart and the heirs of iron ore pioneer Peter Wright is set for another chapter. AAP · May 13
Rinehart could be ordered to give documents to rivals Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart, might have to open her company books for two rival mining dynasties after a bitter legal feud over iron ore riches. AAP · Apr 23
Iron will: Australia’s richest person counts the cost as court orders she share mining millions with rival family Gina Rinehart, who’s been called Australia’s ‘female Donald Trump’, has long fought claims from the family of her father’s business partner – as well as her own children The Guardian - AU · Apr 18
The court ruling in Gina Rinehart’s mining dispute reveals a lot about the nation’s inherited wealth In a decision described by the judge as “a half-win” for each side, mining magnate Gina Rinehart has been ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in royalties to the heirs of Peter Wright, the business partner of her father, Lang Hancock. The Conversation · Apr 16
Gina Rinehart has been forced to share her riches. But will she fight on or end the family feud? A 15-year court battle costing millions of dollars ended in a partial defeat for the tycoon. Will she now bury the hatchet or double down and keep fighting her children and rivals? The Guardian - AU · Apr 15
Who is the rival family pitted against Gina Rinehart in a long-running court case – and is she still the richest person in Australia? The supreme court has handed down its judgment in a case over mining royalties. Here’s what you need to know The Guardian - AU · Apr 15
Australia’s richest person ordered to share mining royalties after decade-long dispute Gina Rinehart told to pay descendants of her late father’s business partner The Independent UK · Apr 15
Gina Rinehart’s son says he wants to be a ‘united family’ in olive branch to mother after court ruling John Hancock welcomes findings on ownership of mines and companies although judge says dispute should be determined in private arbitration The Guardian - AU · Apr 15
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
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The Guardian - AU · May 11, 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 4, 2025 Morning Mail: Labor win leaves Liberals in crisis, Gina Rinehart faces DNA test request, Trump still wants Greenland Liberals left licking their wounds after election drubbing; Trump ‘doesn’t rule out’ military force to control Greenland; woman claiming to be mining magnate’s niece seeks DNA test
The Guardian - AU · May 4, 2025 Woman who claims to be Gina Rinehart’s niece calls on billionaire to ‘resolve any doubts’ with DNA test Naydene Robinson says she hopes to reach an ‘amicable’ settlement that recognises her mother as Lang Hancock’s child
The Guardian - AU · Apr 27, 2025 Morning Mail: Dutton switches to culture wars in last debate; Canada ‘heartbroken’ after car ramming; Liverpool win league Election campaign enters final week; ramming motives investigated in Canada; warnings of severe starvation in Gaza
The Guardian - AU · Apr 27, 2025 Does Gina Rinehart have Aboriginal half-sisters? New documents shed light Correspondence uncovered by Guardian Australia shows that Lang Hancock pleaded with state authorities to return two children, though he later denied claims that one of them was his daughter
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 Conversation · Sep 8, 2024 Murdoch to Musk: how global media power has shifted from the moguls to the big tech bros Until recently, Elon Musk was just a wildly successful electric car tycoon and space pioneer. Sure, he was erratic and outspoken, but his global influence was contained and seemingly under control.
The Independent UK · May 22, 2024 How the Streisand Effect came to haunt Australia’s richest woman Mining magnate Gina Rinehart’s attempt to have portrait by Vincent Namatjira removed from National Gallery exhibition backfires
AAP · Dec 13, 2023 Fierce court battle for Hancock mining riches concludes A marathon trial over the spoils from the massive Rio Tinto-operated Hope Downs mining complex in Western Australia has finished after 51 days.
AAP · Nov 22, 2023 Rinehart pushed father to 'breaking point', court told A court battle over iron ore riches has been told billionaire Gina Rinehart's father Lang Hancock was concerned his daughter may "destroy" his life's work.