Lang Hancock
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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?
- by Angus Holland
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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.
- by 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.
- by 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.
- by 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.
- by Jesinta Burton
Rinehart children faced ‘lies, bullying, and intimidation’ in trust fund battle, court told
It was 2003 when John Hancock first asked his mother Gina Rinehart why her father’s wish to leave his grandchildren control of a family trust once brimming with mining assets had not been executed.
- by Jesinta Burton
Lang Hancock’s last-days epiphany laid bare in battle for billions
Faced with leaving a bankrupt estate, magnate Lang Hancock spent his final days trying to reverse moves to fund possessions for wife Rose Porteous, the court was told.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Rose Porteous’ desire for luxury fuelled Rinehart’s feud with father, court hears
Details of the feud between pioneer Lang Hancock and his daughter Gina Rinehart before his death have been laid bare in a multibillion-dollar Supreme Court civil case.
- by Jesinta Burton
Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting savages Lang’s ‘bombshell’ letter
Hancock Prospecting’s lawyer rubbished his opponents’ characterisation of Lang Hancock’s letter to his daughter, insisting it was of “peripheral relevance”.
- by Jesinta Burton
‘Idiot John’: Emails lay bare early days of Rinehart children’s failed coup
The WA Supreme Court was read a string of emails exchanged as Gina Rinehart’s son John Hancock attempted to rally the support of his siblings to remove their mother as head of a family trust.
- by Jesinta Burton
Hancock, Wright never wavered on Rhodes royalty promise, court told
A 40-year-old letter sent by mining pioneers Lang Hancock and Peter Wright revealed on Tuesday is the second letter to show Lang Hancock intended to share.
- by Jesinta Burton
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