Shelley Hepworth

Sydney

Assistant Editor, Audio and Visual at The Guardian Australia

Associate news editor @GuardianAus

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'Yuck!': Guardian Australia staff taste test viral 'healthy' TikTok mousse recipes - video

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Michael Kalenderian |Rafqa Touma |Caitlin Cassidy |Shelley Hepworth |Carly Earl |Sanjana Jose | +2 more

Boiled eggs? Tofu? Avocado? Are these high-protein, low-sugar alternative mousse recipes the new way to make the chocolate dessert? TikTok certainly seems to think so. Guardian Australia staff put them through a taste test so you can decide if you should try making these at home – or give them a miss and keep scrolling instead• ‘My face is leaking’: taste testing the spicy ramen deemed too dangerous for Denmark
Gina: What does she want? – episode 7 - podcast

1 month 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.
Gina: Mythmaking – episode 7- podcast

1 month 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.
Gina: The DNA request - Full Story podcast

1 month 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
Australian federal election 2025 recap: Albanese wins, Dutton concedes, Greens in the air - video

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Shelley Hepworth |Sanjana Jose |Matilda Boseley

Anthony Albanese has secured a stunning federal election win while delivering a devastating result for the Coalition that cost Peter Dutton his own seat.
Labor wins the Australian federal election 2025 - video

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Matilda Boseley |Sanjana Jose |As credited |Shelley Hepworth

Anthony Albanese will continue as prime minister. As votes were counted, it became clear very quickly that there would be no path to victory for the Coalition and Peter Dutton, with Dutton even losing his own seat of Dickson. Matilda Boseley is here for an unexpectedly early update• Anthony Albanese secures ‘win for the ages’ at 2025 federal election with Labor securing majority• Who is Ali France, the Labor candidate who has unseated Peter Dutton in Dickson?
Gina: The portrait - episode 5 podcast

2 months 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.
Gina: The first-born son – episode 4 - podcast

2 months 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
Endangered koalas and the ecologist documenting their extinction - video

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Camilla Hannan |Lisa Favazzo |Shelley Hepworth |Graham Readfearn |Aston Brown |Sanjana Jose

Maria Matthes, a lifelong koala conservationist, says loss of habitat and the climate crisis have threatened the endangered species in eastern New South Wales. Almost 2m hectares of forests suitable for koalas have been destroyed since 2011. They are one of more than 2,000 Australian species listed as under threat in what scientists are calling an extinction crisis
Endangered bum-breathing turtles and the town working to save them - video

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Michael Kalenderian |Lisa Favazzo |Lisa Cox |Sanjana Jose |Miles Martignoni |Shelley Hepworth

In December 2024, when unseasonable flooding threatened the breeding season of a critically endangered turtle, Marilyn Connell and other members of a Queensland community conservation group sprang into action.