Gina Rinehart
Gina Rinehart (born 1954) is an Australian mining heiress and right wing activist. She is at present the wealthiest woman in the world, with a personal net worth of $18.9bn[1] She is the daughter of the late mining magnate Lang Hancock[2], and inherited $75mn from her father following his death in 1992.
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[edit] Viewpoints and controversy
Rinehart has caused some public controversy and debate over her personal viewpoints and for statements she has made in recent times.
In 2012, Rinehart stated that Australians should spend less time consuming alcohol and socializing if they desired to become wealthy. This offended then-Australian treasurer Wayne Swann who considered it an attack upon the working class, while Ged Kearney of the Australian Council Of Trade Unions claimed Rinehart's views were immensely backward[3] Evidently, inheritors are the true creators of objective value.
Rinehart created more controversy in 2014 when she argued that Australian welfare recipients were destroying the economy and accused left wing media sources of brainwashing the public.
Rinehart is also a climate change denier and is a fan of Christopher Monckton and Ian Plimer. She stood in opposition to the carbon tax introduced by the-then Australian government in 2011[4]
[edit] Defending Rinehart
Benjamin Marks, an Australian libertarian activist and comic writer created a website and Facebook page defending Ms Reinhart, where he argues that she is our "friendly voice of moderation"[5].
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[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ Gina Rinehart Net Worth
- ↑ "Lang Hancock's solution to the "Aboriginal problem' (1984)" on YouTube.
- ↑ "Gina Rinehart attacks 'jealous poor'", The Daily Telegraph, August 30, 2012.
- ↑ "How mining and media distract Australia's carbon tax debate", Enviroment blog on The Guardian website, May 31, 2011.
- ↑ Mr Marks' website http://www.ginarinehart.info/