Peter Wright
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Gina Rinehart finds unlikely ally in shock Hope Downs trial twist
One of the mining dynasties suing the billionaire has rubbished her two eldest children’s central claims: that she consciously defrauded them when they were young.
- Jesinta Burton
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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.
- 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
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.
- 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.
- 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”.
- Jesinta Burton
Clash of the dynasties: Legal showdown looms over Lang Hancock's multi-billion dollar iron ore tenement
It has been decades in the making, but now one of Western Australia’s most famous chapters in its mining history finally looks set to be tested, with billions of dollars in iron ore rights at stake.
- Aja Styles
Transcripts, letters shine light on iron ore heirs' feud in Supreme Court
The bitter decades-long rift between a late West Australian mining titan's two eldest children and their younger sibling has been laid bare in a civil court battle.
- Rebecca Le May
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