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How rich is Gina Rinehart, and how much will she earn in the time it takes to read this article? Australia’s wealthiest person rakes in billions from her iron ore mines. We look at how she makes her money – and how she spends it

"Rinehart’s wealth is estimated to be about $40bn.

The median Australian is worth about $400,000, so Rinehart has the wealth of 100,000 Australians.

She’s also one of the richest people in the world"

"Gina: power, privilege and influence" is a series by @theguardian.com investigating the life and ambitions of Gina Rinehart, Australia’s wealthiest person...

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tell them to say ‘No’ to Grassy Mountain and the foreign billionaires’ coal mining projects that risk Alberta’s air, water, wildlife and treasured landscapes on the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies.

⚡Take Action: Protect Alberta’s Eastern Slopes

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Gina: What does she want? – episode 7 - podcast At 13 years old, a young Gina Rinehart read a book that would help shape her worldview. In this episode, we explore how these values are playing out in Rinehart’s life today, including her proposal to...

The Guardian has launched a whole podcast series on Gina Rinehart…

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Thank you for letting us make you rich: claims of ‘bizarre’ culture in Gina Rinehart’s company Former staff lift the veil on life at Hancock Prospecting, where they say the boss is lavishly praised and adulation is encouraged

“Former staff lift the veil on life at Hancock Prospecting, where they say the boss is lavishly praised and adulation is encouraged”

Rinehart has said she hopes that Australians will be “inspired by Donald Trump” and advocated for Australia’s government to emulate Trump’s policy agenda.

www.ginarinehart.com.au/be-like-dona...

Alberta lifted coal bans in face of lawsuits from Rinehart and others - Hancock Prospecting PTY LTD Big players in Queensland coal expect Valory to become a major producer after authorities in Canada removed bans on the industry.

In January, the UCP rescinded a ban on coal development, in a decision that was celebrated as a “win” for Gina Rinehart and Australian coal mining companies that would “clear the way” for coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.

www.hancockprospecting.com.au/alberta-lift...

The UCP is rolling out the red carpet for an Australian billionaire to build coal mines on the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies

🚨 The UCP is rolling out the red carpet for an Australian billionaire to build coal mines on the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies, despite opposition from the majority of Albertans.

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Pierre Poilievre No Longer Entitled to Live at Public Mansion: Privy Council Office Poilievre ineligible to live at Stornoway after losing his own seat

Pierre Poilievre no longer entitled to live at public mansion: Privy Council Office

Poilievre ineligible to live at Stornoway after losing his own seat

Alberta Justice Minister has personal relationship with man whose businesses are tied to AHS investigation Mickey Amery told The Globe and Mail that he is a long-time friend of Sam Mraiche and ‘loosely related’ to him through marriage

Scoop by @carrietait.bsky.social: Alberta’s Justice Minister is a long-time friend and related through marriage to a man whose company’s business dealings with the province’s health authority are now part of multiple investigations. #ableg #abpoli

Statement from Athana Mentzelopoulos, former AHS CEO.

The False AI Energy Crisis Donald Trump and AI executives alike have sounded the alarm about a looming AI-driven energy shortage. Both benefit from the concern.

Despite the warnings of Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and now Donald Trump, the evidence of an AI-driven energy crisis is ambiguous. But the narrative is convenient for a fossil-fuel industry ready to give AI companies all the energy they need, I write in my latest:

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Mraiche Profited from Quick Sale of Property to UCP Government | The Tyee The multimillionaire under scrutiny for lucrative Alberta Health Services dealings made $300,000 on land he owned just three months.

SCOOP - A big payout for Sam Mraiche and major embarrassment for Infrastructure Minister Peter Guthrie, who called for the health minister to step down last week.
Mraiche Profited from Quick Sale of Property to UCP Government via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...

AHS requested full accounting of MHCare’s work and spending prior to CEO’s firing: documents In Athana Mentzelopoulos' final weeks as Alberta Health Services CEO, her corporate services VP and CFO wrote to MHCare Medical to request a full accounting of work and spending on its troubled acetam...

MHCare provided AHS with limited documentation regarding the status of importation approval process & no info with respect to handling & use of the prepaid amounts.

In the letter, AHS expected an answer by Jan 8, 2025.

On that date, Mentzelopoulos was fired.
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🔫Calgary's real estate and development industry has put the finishing bullet in the disastrous Dreeshen-Smith elevated Green Line alignment:

📄"We feel it would be reckless to support the proposed elevated solution in the Beltline and Downtown"

❌Nobody supports the Dreeshen doodle line.

😱IT GETS WORSE. BNA missed the proposed elevated Banff Passenger Line along CPKC tracks. See revised rendering below.

🤔Maybe one of these should be buried underground?

Danielle Smith’s anti-solar and wind regulations are up and official!

And they’re 50 pages long!

(They don’t come with a map)

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Do you trust Danielle Smith with your pension? He's baaaaaack. Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper is now the chairman of Alberta's Investment Management Corporation. Next up? A renewed push for an Alberta pension plan.

With Stephen Harper now in the fold at AIMCo, Danielle Smith is about to take another run at the Canada Pension Plan.

Get ready. #cdnpoli #abpoli

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Alberta man sues province over closing of only supervised consumption site in Red Deer Aaron Brown says the province’s move to close the site violates his Charter-protected rights and will put his life at risk

A Red Deer man living with substance use disorder has filed a legal action against the #Alberta government for its plan to close the city’s only supervised drug-use site next year, a move he says violates his Charter-protected rights and will put his life at risk. @theglobeandmail.com #abpoli