Lang Hancock
One Nation’s ‘sexy’ plane donation shocked the establishment. Not Gina Rinehart’s inner circle
Gina Rinehart grew up in a world where influence was cultivated as frequently as iron ore deposits. It’s instructive for her political championing of Pauline Hanson.
- Rob Harris
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- Billionaires
One group won the Rinehart v Wright case, and it wasn’t the brawling billionaires
But much like the generational brawl between the extended billionaire iron ore Wright and Rinehart families, the legal verdict was as messy as it was mixed.
- Elizabeth Knight
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- Gina Rinehart
Rinehart ordered to pay hundreds of millions to rival mining family
The billionaire descendants of iron ore pioneers Lang Hancock and Peter Wright have been locked in a bitter dispute over mining royalties for more than a decade.
- Heather McNeill and Rebecca Peppiatt
Inside WA’s battle for billions as Gina Rinehart and rival heirs await defining verdict on iron ore fortune
After more than a decade of legal battles, a landmark Supreme Court ruling will determine who is entitled to billions of dollars in Pilbara iron ore royalties, and could send ripples through the resources sector.
- Carla Hildebrandt
- Explainer
- Company tax
Do big miners pay their fair share?
Described as “the gift that keeps on giving”, Australia’s mineral wealth has made mine owners into multibillionaires. But at a time when we pay to import our own gas, are the spoils being shared fairly?
- Angus Holland
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- Indigenous art
The downside of power, privilege and philanthropy
Though Gina Rinehart’s philanthropy is negligible compared with her almost unfathomable wealth, she often deploys it effectively in her own interests.
- The Herald's View
Investors warned of royalty row risk in Rinehart-Rio deal, court told
Documents unearthed in a multibillion-dollar court fight reveal Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting and Rio Tinto warned a syndicate of bankers that other dynasties may chase royalties.
- Jesinta Burton
‘They’ve made their bed’: Gina Rinehart’s lawyers slam kids’ legal attack
The mining magnate’s lawyers have levelled a scathing attack against her eldest children for claiming her absence from the high-stakes Hope Downs battle implied guilt.
- Jesinta Burton
Final countdown: WA’s iron ore heirs have the final word in multibillion-dollar feud
After more than two dozen hearings spent poring over 60 years worth of history, the multibillion-dollar showdown between magnate Gina Rinehart, her children and two rival mining dynasties is drawing to a close.
- Jesinta Burton
Top-secret files from Rinehart family row at heart of mid-trial dispute
Top-secret documents exchanged in the private stoush between mining magnate Gina Rinehart and her eldest children will be handed to rival dynasties fighting for a slice of a lucrative iron ore mine.
- Jesinta Burton