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Rinehart asked National Gallery to ‘permanently dispose’ of portraits
Documents released under freedom-of-information laws reveal Australia’s richest person appealed directly to the National Gallery’s chair Ryan Stokes.
- by Linda Morris and Eryk Bagshaw
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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
‘Attacking the mining golden geese’: Rinehart fires warning shot at government over ‘tape’
Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart has used the approval of her latest iron ore project to launch another blistering tirade in her war against “government tape”, warning it could stymie investment and compromise living standards.
- by Jesinta Burton
The curious case of ‘Doctor’ Gina Rinehart
Has Australia’s richest person gone and done a secret PhD?
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Teals show voters want more than mediocrity
The Liberals and their National partners achieved next to nothing during nearly a decade in power, apart from fighting the forces of progress. They turned a $300 million national debt into more than a trillion-dollar debt, and in only eight years oversaw 20 different climate and energy policies, most of which ended up being nothing more than grand announcements.
Revealed: National Portrait Gallery offered to return Gina Rinehart painting
Gina Rinehart has yet to resolve a wrangle between her and the National Portrait Gallery over a portrait she wants to donate to its collection.
- by Linda Morris
The Gina Rinehart effect: billionaire gives Driza-Bone a ‘softer’ look
The mining magnate’s surprise turn as a fashion designer has been revealed, with help from some Olympians. But will her vision prove a hit with customers?
- by Melissa Singer and Courtney Kruk
Dutton pairs with Rinehart in billionaire boot battle
RM Williams, owned by mining magnate Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest, dominated the footwear of federal MPs. Then Gina Rinehart bought a rival bootmaker.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Liam Mannix
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‘Wow … It touched her’: Vincent Namatjira on that Gina Rinehart portrait
The Archibald Prize-winning painter on Australia’s richest person, his idols and his most valued possession.
- by Benjamin Law
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Paris 2024
Gina Rinehart is the patron saint of Aussie sports. But it comes with weird strings attached
Though Gina Rinehart’s patronage of Australian sporting codes goes back well over a decade, her presence at the Olympics was more overt than what we’ve seen in the past.
- by Geoff Lemon
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Paris 2024
‘The Games weren’t going to happen’: Coates on terror threats, gender wars and IOC politics
The long-serving Olympics official ends his tenure this month.
- by Andrew Webster
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