Sarah Martin

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Sarah Martin |Joe Koning |Shelley Hepworth |Miles Martignoni

At 13 years old, a young Gina Rinehart read a book that would help shape her worldview – Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, which is having a moment around the world. The novel’s capitalist underpinnings promote the idea that people should strive to be their best industrial selves. In this episode, we explore how these values are playing out in Rinehart’s life today, including her proposal to build a coalmine in Canada’s Rocky Mountains.

3 weeks ago | thepost.uk.com | Sarah Martin

Duchy College Military and Protective Services academy instructor Jon Stone has been nominated for ‘educator of the year’ in the national NCFE Aspiration Awards. Picture: Cornwall College Group. ( )A SENIOR study programme manager from Duchy College Stoke Climsland MaPS Academy has been named as a finalist in the NCFE Aspiration Awards. Jon Stone has been nominated in the Educator of the Year category.

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Sarah Martin

Insiders at Australia’s biggest private company – Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting – have lifted the veil on what they describe as a “bizarre” culture within the organisation that includes annual requests to thank Australia’s richest person. While not compulsory, the thank you messages are encouraged by senior executives and are requested across the company, including from workers at its mine sites.

3 weeks 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 month ago | tavistock-today.co.uk | Sarah Martin

Sixty trolley loads of food were distributed at the Devon and Cornwall Food Action pop-up held in conjunction with Okehampton Rotary at the end of April. Picture: Okehampton Rotary Club. ( )Devon and Cornwall Food Action (DCFA) held a Pop-up Food Hub at the end of April in Okehampton. The event organised by Okehampton Rotary Club attracted a crowd and 60 large trolley loads of surplus food were distributed raising £1,800 in funds for the work of the charity.