Joe Koning

4 days ago | theguardian.com | Sarah Martin |Joe Koning |Luca Ittimani |Shelley Hepworth |Miles Martignoni

Twenty years ago, John Hancock had dinner with his mother, Gina Rinehart. He says it’s the last positive interaction he had with her. In an in-depth interview, he explains how his relationship with his mother fell apart and discusses a high-stakes legal case that could threaten the foundations of her empire• Listen and subscribe to the Gina Podcast at theguardian.com/gina

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Sarah Martin |Luca Ittimani |Isabella Lee |Shelley Hepworth |Miles Martignoni |Joe Koning

​Contains excerpts from Interview with Lang Hancock by Lady Mary Fairfax obtained from the State Library of Western Australia, reproduced with the permission of the Library Board of Western Australia and the copyright holder WIN. Illustration: Sam Kerr/The Guardian

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Sarah Martin |Joe Koning |Luca Ittimani |Isabella Lee |Shelley Hepworth |Miles Martignoni

Gina Rinehart is Australia’s richest person – and as her wealth continues to rise, so does her power and influence. But what does she want? In the first episode of Gina, senior correspondent Sarah Martin explores the impact Rinehart could have on Australian politics. Rinehart grew up in the vast expanse of the Pilbara. To understand her story, we delve into her past and how her unique childhood under the influence of Lang Hancock shaped her

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Reged Ahmad |Sarah Martin |Joe Koning |Miles Martignoni |Shelley Hepworth

As we approach the Australian federal election, our new podcast series is exploring how much power and influence Gina Rinehart has in this country. She is a success story, worth almost $40bn. She’s also a climate sceptic, a Trumpette, a litigant – even against her own kids – and the woman who saved Australian swimming. Reged Ahmad speaks to senior correspondent and the host of this new series, Sarah Martin, to ask: who is Gina Rinehart, and what does she want?

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Sarah Martin |Joe Koning |Shelley Hepworth |Miles Martignoni |Bridie Jabour

Gina Rinehart is Australia’s richest person – and as her wealth continues to rise, so does her power and influence. But what does she want? As the federal election approaches, Guardian Australia’s new series explores the impact Australia’s richest person could have on Australian politics. Senior correspondent Sarah Martin investigates decades of family history and infighting to make sense of how she became a mining billionaire, legal warrior and Trump admirer – and what she might do next.