Joe Koning

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

Gina Rinehart’s father Lang Hancockis well known asa pioneer of the iron ore industry in Australia but few realise Hancock started his mining career on a smaller scale and digging for a different substance – blue asbestos. Hancock and his partner started the mining operation at Wittenoom in the 1940s before selling it to another company, CSR, which mined the area for 20 more years.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Sarah Martin |Joe Koning |Shelley Hepworth |Miles Martignoni

In the last episode, we covered historical claims made over the years that Lang Hancock, Gina’s father, had two unacknowledged daughters with separate Indigenous women. Since then, the daughter of Sella Robinson, one of the Indigenous women who claimed to be Hancock’s daughter, has decided to speak publicly for the first time• Listen and subscribe to the Gina Podcast at theguardian.com/gina

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

It’s the portrait of Gina Rinehart that launched 1,000 memes, went viral globally and became Australia’s Mona Lisa. But it’s also a symbol of how wealth intersects with other areas of life, including art and sport. How does Rinehart use her money to control her image – and what would she rather you don’t see? This episode of Gina is about power and control, and the colonial history of Australia.

3 weeks 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

1 month 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