John Hancock and Bianca Rinehart, the eldest children of mining magnate Gina Rinehart, have shown up to Western Australia’s Supreme Court in person as their lawyer begins his closing address. The lengthy legal battle, which began in July, involves several parties claiming a share of iron ore mining royalties ownedContinue Reading
The lawyer for the eldest children of Gina Rinehart has further detailed a rift between Australia’s richest woman and her mining magnate father in the years before his death. Christopher Withers SC, representing John Hancock and Bianca Rinehart in the civil case against their billionaire mother, continued his opening statementsContinue Reading
The lawyer for the eldest children of mining magnate Gina Rinehart has told a court her attitude towards Rose Porteous was a key reason she was dumped as a director of her father’s company. Christopher Withers SC is representing John Hancock and Bianca Rinehart in the Western Australian Supreme Court,Continue Reading
What could potentially be a months-long legal clash between titans of Western Australia’s mining industry has had its first day of hearings in a Perth Court. Opening statements were heard on Monday as Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting fends off lucrative royalty claims from the former business partners of her famousContinue Reading
Government spending needs to be drastically cut and taxes will have to rise to prevent a “persistent structural deficit” which could see Australia’s bottom line sink by around $70 billion a year. A respected think tank has said there are “no easy options” as to how Australia gets its financesContinue Reading