May
ATO puts wealthy families on notice over $3m super tax
The new tax is not yet law but the ATO wants to understand the “behavioural responses” to the planned tax that might already be occurring.
Australia’s wealthiest 200 revealed, fortunes blow past $667b
Despite the odd tumble, the wealthiest Australians are pulling away from the rest of the Rich 200 pack.
US court blocks tariffs; Nvidia’s jobs threat; Rich List’s top 10
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Australia’s top 10 richest people revealed
Gina Rinehart has topped the Financial Review Rich List for the sixth consecutive year, despite her fortune falling by $2 billion.
Rinehart, Pratt and Trump pollster’s secret trip to Australia
The pair of billionaires may have helped the president’s campaign mastermind get to these shores.
‘They can afford it’, Labor says of super tax, as Rich Listers take stock
Some of Australia’s richest people including Gina Rinehart and Jack Cowin have warned the proposed tax on super balances above $3 million will stymie investment.
Why Ben Roberts-Smith’s appeal failed
The soldier attempted to rely on Afghanistan mission reports that he helped write, but they contradicted his own evidence at trial.
Rinehart refuses to rule out financial support for Roberts-Smith
Australia’s richest person has danced around questions about whether she provided financial backing for Ben Roberts-Smith to appeal his failed defamation case.
Gina Rinehart tips $4b into US shares – here’s what she’s buying
Australia’s richest person is going all in on the US, shrugging off concerns her political idol Donald Trump could spell disaster for the nation’s economy.
Gina Rinehart’s benefits leave Basil Zempilas gibbering
The definition of a billionaire’s in-kind benefit shouldn’t be this confusing.
What is Gina Rinehart’s plan for lithium miner Liontown?
Liontown Resources is sitting on a world-class resource at its Kathleen Valley mine, but questions over the company’s future persist as it’s clouded by a big debt burden.
Rinehart: Liberals were too scared of going full Trump
The Australian mining billionaire has blamed left-wing media for the ‘devastating’ and ‘emotionally exhausting’ Labor landslide.
Iluka CEO backs efforts to loosen China’s rare earths stranglehold
Tom O’Leary says Western governments had acknowledged ‘China’s monopoly’ by acting to secure their own sources of critical minerals.
Pratt pumps billions into Trump’s America in White House meet
The cardboard king says the $7.8 billion investment will result in 5000 new manufacturing jobs across the US.
April
This is the last election without caps on donations. It shows
The 2025 election will likely be the last when Australia’s wealthiest political donors can splash cash on allies without limit.
Gina Rinehart-backed Delta Lithium to spin out WA gold mine
The junior explorer will separate its gold assets into Ballard Mining and launch an IPO to take advantage of astronomical demand.
Rinehart calls for defence spending boost to 5pc of GDP
Australia’s richest person also wants an Israeli-style missile defence shield to protect the continent.
Australia’s biggest billionaire feud is over
The pair have been at loggerheads since 2022 over what Andrew Forrest claims was Kerry Stokes’ anger over mining trucks.
Rinehart down $280m (and counting) in Trump market rout
Australia’s richest person made a massive $2 billion bet on the US stock market last year.
Gas 15pc cheaper under Dutton plan, but Rinehart not happy
The average gas price would be 15 per cent cheaper had the Coalition’s gas reserve plan already been in place, Peter Dutton has claimed