
‘A game changer’: AOC builds for Brisbane 2032 with $50 million backing of Australian athletes
The Australian Olympic Committee will dip into its $200 million war chest to provide new financial backing to athletes to support their Games dreams.




The Australian Olympic Committee will dip into its $200 million war chest to provide new financial backing to athletes to support their Games dreams.

Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart has paid tribute to the little-known engineer behind her multibillion-dollar mining empire.

Mining tycoon Gina Rinehart said on Wednesday the burden of excessive regulation on the Australian mining industry had put its global competitiveness at risk.

A crew of long-serving staff to Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, will gather in the Pilbara on Wednesday for a soiree to celebrate 10 years since Roy Hill shipped first ore

Our sincere thanks to Hancock Prospecting for their unwavering partnership and support. As our Patron, Mrs Gina Rinehart AO continues to champion our athletes with remarkable generosity and belief.

St George Mining Ltd (ASX: SGQ) has been one of the standout performers on the ASX in 2025.

In 2025 the RFDS has retrieved 60 men, women and children from Rottnest Island.

Barnaby Joyce has officially joined One Nation, marking one of the most significant political shifts in recent Australian history.
Australia has critical labour shortages across multiple sectors. Fewer than 76,000 pensioners (3%) currently work, but many would work (or work more) if they did not lose 50c in the dollar when they work more than once day a week.

Billionaire Gina Rinehart has described her giant $10bn Roy Hill iron ore mine as “the mega project that … we thought might not happen”. The billionaire mining magnate told a celebration of the 10th anniversary of Roy Hill that the mine’s first equity investors had made a “rare entrepreneurial move … with significant risk” that had paved the way for a project that made $13bn in net profits in the last two years alone and already paid off $10bn in debt in full.

AUSTRALIAN mining and agriculture icon Gina Rinehart has again stepped up for rural Australia, this time becoming the patron of rural charity Rural Aid. Mrs Rinehart said Rural Aid was an organisation that ‘stands with our mates in the bush’ during their hard times. “And it does get tough in the bush, with floods, fires and severe drought, in addition to the usual dangers of snakes, spiders and in some northern areas, crocodiles too,” she said. “As patron of Rural Aid, I encourage all Australians to throw their support behind its ongoing efforts in ensuring that our food producers – our farmers- are able to get back on their feet quickly when drought, flood or bushfire hits them.”

HANCOCK Prospecting chair Gina Rinehart has been announced as the 2023 Western Australian of the Year. Rinehart was honoured for her contribution to business, as well as her philanthropy, which ranges from support for breast cancer research to sponsorship of Australian Olympians. “We must ensure that our country is not left behind by short-sighted decisions and encourage policies that welcome investment in our wonderful state,” Rinehart said when accepting the award.

On 10 February 2023, Oldendorff Carriers celebrated the namegiving of its latest Japanese capesize newbuilding, the “Gina Oldendorff”, which was named after Australian mining figure, Gina Rinehart. Mrs Rinehart is the executive chair of the mining company Hancock Prospecting. Mrs Rinehart christened the ship at the name-giving ceremony at Namura Shipyard, Imari, Japan.

Australia’s richest person has provided a rare insight into her initial struggles, motivations and ambitions after celebrating 30 years at the helm of what is now the country’s biggest private company.