November 2024
Chris Ellison’s luxury property on the market
The MinRes founder and wife Tia Ellison have turned to Alan Bond’s daughter to sell one of their Perth mansions.
- Mark Di Stefano
February 2024
- Investigation
- Mining
The country’s most secretive billionaires are about to get much richer
Angela Bennett never wanted the family business. The daughter of prospector Peter Wright almost sold it all. Now it’s about to become a bonanza.
- Primrose Riordan and Tom Rabe
October 2023
Rio to ship more low-grade iron as mine approval times blow out
Rio says the amount of low-grade iron ore it ships over the next few years will depend on how quickly it can get replacement mines approved in Western Australia.
- Brad Thompson
August 2023
‘Weak as ever’: Emails reveal bitter words in Rinehart family rift
A court battle over billions of dollars of mining royalties in WA has exposed details of the fight over a trust that split Gina Rinehart’s family two decades ago.
- Tom Rabe
July 2023
Bombshell letter shows Rinehart ‘knew for decades’ about rival’s share
A decades-old letter from Lang Hancock to his daughter Gina Rinehart is a key piece of evidence in a rival family’s claim to billions of dollars in mining revenue, a court heard.
- Tom Rabe
‘Loyalty, trust’: Simple proposition at heart of WA’s biggest case
After a decade of delay and peripheral court skirmishes, dozens of lawyers from across Australia descended on Perth’s Supreme Court on Monday where two of the country’s richest families prepared squared off.
- Tom Rabe
Billions at stake as Rinehart battles over handshake deal
A decade-long legal battle between Gina Rinehart and Angela Bennett, who between them are worth almost $43 billion, is headed for a showdown in the WA Supreme Court.
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- Brad Thompson and Tom Rabe
June 2023
Kerry Stokes elevates the next West Australian hero
The Stokes-controlled canonisation of Gina Rinehart omitted legal disputes with her children entirely.
- Mark Di Stefano
December 2022
Rinehart loses latest round in royalties fight
A high-stakes trial involving two billionaires and royalties from Rio Tinto iron ore mines is set to go ahead.
- Brad Thompson
July 2021
Billionaire iron ore heiress wins legal battle with her brother
The WA Supreme Court has rejected claims by Julian Wright that he was duped out billions of dollars by his siblings.
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- Brad Thompson
July 2020
False evidence claim in ugly fight for family iron ore fortune
Lawyers acting for iron ore billionaire Angela Bennett have attacked the honesty and credibility of her brother, who claims he was a victim of fraud in selling his share in the family fortunes.
- Brad Thompson
February 2020
Julian Wright breaks down on the stand as he fights billionaire sister
Julian Wright is in the midst of a court case in which he argues his Rich List siblings duped him out of his share in the family fortune.
- Julie-anne Sprague
Billionaire's brother faces four-day court grilling
Julian Wright faces long stint in witness stand over claims he was tricked out of family's multi-billion dollar iron ore fortune.
- Brad Thompson
Billionaire's lawyers hit back at brother over fraud claims
Angela Bennett's legal team urge judge to throw out fraud case and award costs against her brother Julian Wright.
- Brad Thompson
Lang Hancock was convinced Julian Wright was 'out of the picture'
Julian Wright argues his siblings tricked him when he agreed to sell his share in the family company now worth billions of dollars.
- Julie-anne Sprague
Rich Lister deceived younger brother out of wealth, court told
Julian Wright alleges that in the 1980s he was duped out of a one-third stake in Wright Prospecting, which is now worth billions.
- Julie-anne Sprague
Billionaire accused of fraud in family fight for iron ore fortune
The brother of billionaire iron ore heiress Angela Bennett has suffered a legal setback on the eve of a Supreme Court trial where he has accused her of fraud and is seeking to recoup a huge piece of the family's vast fortune.
- Brad Thompson
January 2020
The properties that ultra-rich buyers splurged on
Despite the property market downturn this year, Australia's billionaires still spent big on mansions - creating record breaking sales in the process.
- Ingrid Fuary-Wagner
October 2019
Wright Prospecting reaps bumper profit on iron ore recovery
The tenements pegged by Peter Wright and Lang Hancock in the 1960s continue to pay off handsomely, although massive legal bills are an unwelcome part of the legacy.
- Michael Bailey