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Gina Rinehart is not just the richest person in Australia – and potentially soon to be the richest person in the world – she is the daughter of Lang Hancock, legendary arch-conservative, secessionist, mining millionaire and discoverer of the world's largest iron ore deposit in the Pilbara; and a member of a family known as much for its front-page legal stoushes as for its business acumen and toughness.
With her reported wealth doubling in the last 12 months, Gina is beginning to flex the enormous power her wealth gives, buying large shareholdings in Channel 10 and Fairfax in moves that look set to give her and her controversial views a major influence in Australian life and public affairs outside of the resources sector.
Set against the backdrop of a mining boom that will have the most profound effect on Australia over the next few decades, this is an extraordinary biography of Gina, the family she came from, and the wealth and power she wields, by award-winning journalist Adele Ferguson.
About the Author
Adele Ferguson is a senior business writer and columnist for leading Fairfax newspapers, the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. With more than 20 years in journalism, Adele carries a reputation as one of Australia's most respected and well-read commentators. Prior to joining the Age and the SMH, Adele was a senior commentator with the Australian. She has also worked at BRW Magazine as deputy editor and chief business commentator, leading many major investigations into the corporate sector.
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so disappointed in this book,not what i expected at all.
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I was so looking forward to reading this book. I kept waiting for "something" but it didn't happen. I found Rhinehart self absorbed, controlling and cold, yet I wanted to admire her. I couldn't. The continuous family litigations are, to say the least, narcisstic and historically stupid. She is not generous, nor does it appear that she personally goes without. Neither does she appear to be environmentally or culturally "aware", or perhaps she doesn't care - like her father. I found her vision for the Hancock empire and Western Australia short sighted and wasteful. Lawyers are profiting. Dodgey deals with dodgey countries by Hancock are nothing to be proud of. I now have a stronger opinon of the woman who I thought I could admire, but don't.
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ISBN: 9781742610979
ISBN-10: 1742610978
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 400
Published: 1st July 2012
Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.4
x 3.6
Weight (kg): 0.72
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