Shelley Hepworth

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

1 week 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.

1 week 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?

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.