Miles Martignoni

3 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

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Reged Ahmad |Lenore Taylor |Mike Ticher |Karishma Luthria |Miles Herbert |Miles Martignoni | +1 more

Over a few hours on Saturday night we saw Labor achieve a historic win and the Coalition a comprehensive defeat. Editor Lenore Taylor and Election editor Mike Ticher join Reged Ahmad to dissect what this means.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Tom McIlroy |Peter Lewis |Shadi Khan Saif |Miles Martignoni

Just days out from the crucial vote, the latest Guardian Essential poll shows steady support for Labor. But with a significant number of undecided voters and a strong field of independents, questions remain about how convincing their victory will really be. Guardian Australia’s chief political correspondent, Tom McIlroy, sits down with Essential Media’s executive director, Peter Lewis, to explore more.

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.