How vile ABC skit on air for 25 days made Rinehart feel
The billionaire’s Hancock Prospecting said the segment which the ABC left up for 25 days before removing it and apologising – “normalised violent torture” of women.
The billionaire’s Hancock Prospecting said the segment which the ABC left up for 25 days before removing it and apologising – “normalised violent torture” of women.

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart was left feeling “dehumanised” by a vile ABC segment allegedly encouraging her murder, it can be revealed, as calls mount to overhaul the public broadcaster’s editorial standards.

Hancock Prospecting has called for changes to the ABC’s editorial standards after the broadcaster issued a belated apology over a video segment that featured violent references against Gina Rinehart.

The ABC has apologised for a Race Around the World episode containing remarks about mining magnate Gina Rinehart AO, despite the broadcaster’s formal complaints handling process finding it did not breach editorial standards.

Nationals’ leader Matt Canavan says the government should be sacking the management of the ABC if they can’t apologise

Saturday, 8 August 2026

The ABC’s managing director has vowed to make “relevant changes” after admitting the airing of a skit involving a violent, sexualised attack on Australian businesswoman Gina Rinehart was “wrong”.

So the ABC has finally relented and, it appears begrudgingly, apologised to Gina Rinehart

Let’s begin with brilliant satire and then get to the crapola that is our ABC. Or should we say “their ABC”.