Sins of the father: Gina Rinehart's bitter courtroom victory
4/29/202629 min
This week, Jesinta Burton and Tom Rabe on the landmark ruling, who won, who lost and why this is just one part of a complex web of legal battles over Gina Rinehart’s fortune.
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Further reading:
The sins of the father: Gina Rinehart’s bitter victory
The legal war between the billionaire and her children mirrors the secrecy and power struggles she once faced with the late Lang Hancock.
Battle of the titans gives Pilbara’s quiet achiever his due
Don Rhodes was the man to whom Lang Hancock turned to identify a rich iron ore deposit. Fifty years and a huge court case later, his company is in for a big royalty win.
Rinehart and Rio Tinto to pay, but mining saga cost yet to be revealed
A landmark ruling has found Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting owes the heirs of her father’s former partner millions in royalties on one of the Pilbara’s most valuable iron ore assets.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
[upbeat music] The Australian Financial Review.
Lisa Murray· Host0:06
[gentle music] For decades, Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart, has carefully preserved the legacy of her father, Lang Hancock.
Gina Rinehart· Soundbite0:19
It's my father that made all this possible for us. My father chose to name this deposit, and in fact a series of deposits, after my mother, Hope Downes. So that I can carry on the work that my father has been doing.
Lisa Murray· Host0:29
She's made sure the country remembers Lang as an iron ore pioneer, whose legendary flyovers led to the discovery of vast deposits and transformed the country's economy.
Speaker 3· Soundbite0:41
After a staggeringly costly 16-year legal battle, a judge ruling iron ore royalties must be shared.
Lisa Murray· Host0:49
But in a high-stakes court battle, Hancock Prospecting, the company he founded, which she now leads, was forced to tell a very different story.
Jacinta Burton· Guest0:59
Hancock Prospecting was laying bare all of these breaches of fiduciary duty that Lang committed over many, many years for the sole purpose of getting cash out of that business.
Lisa Murray· Host1:09
This story involves shady business dealings and a bitter power struggle.
Tom Rabe· Guest1:15
Sources told us that Gina was really dragged kicking and screaming to this line of defense. She didn't wanna go public in airing her father's sins.
Lisa Murray· Host1:23
The defense worked. A court ruling in April ensures Hancock Prospecting retains full