Gina Rinehart

News and interviews on Gina Rinehart including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.

Friday, 06 July 2012

Rinehart repositions but to what end? Bartholomeusz

Gina Rinehart's decision to lower her stake in Fairfax is all about getting on the board. The manoeuvring for influence – which if achieved will likely not bring more readers to the company – is an untimely distraction.
 

Thursday, 28 June 2012

Carbon tax consequences still to come: Gottliebsen

The carbon tax, which starts on Sunday, was a good idea introduced at the wrong time which will have unforeseen side effects –- some of which may lift rather than reduce Australia’s carbon output.
 

Six questions for Fairfax

The Fairfax board won’t “invite” Gina Rinehart onto its board. That begs a few questions.
 

Tuesday, 26 June 2012

What Gina Rinehart really thinks

The world according to Rinehart: Fairfax, climate change and why the Roy Hill mine needs to import workers.
 

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Gina’s Fairfax options

Gina Rinehart’s push for more control at Fairfax hasn’t been helped by the company’s restructure.
 

Gina Rinehart can't fix Fairfax – and it might be too late for management too: Kohler

Gina Rinehart can't transform Fairfax, and it's probably too late for its management to do so either.
 

Monday, 18 June 2012

Fairfax Media to slash 1,900 jobs in massive restructure

Fairfax Media will move The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age to a tabloid and sack 1900 staff — including 380 journalists — as part of a massive cost-cutting drive to save the media giant from corporate oblivion.
 

Friday, 08 June 2012

Why Gina Rinehart and Hungry Jack Cowin are teaming up for a Fairfax tilt: Kirby

Gina Rinehart's supporter Jack Cowin has offered the first glimpse into the approach the tycoon's circle may have at Fairfax.
 

Lessons from the BRW Rich 200 list: Why property still delivers the goods

The BRW Rich List highlighted once again the strength of real estate as a wealth builder.
 

Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Rinehart doesn't get Fairfax's digital challenge – but neither does its board: Kohler

Gina Rinehart has a seat on the Fairfax board in mind, but does she understand where the business is trying to go?
 

Tuesday, 29 May 2012

Gina and the paper giants

Gina Rinehart appears to be toying with Fairfax Media’s chairman. The question is when and how they will engage.
 

Monday, 28 May 2012

Auctions market remains flat as confidence wanes: Midday roundup

Residential auction markets stay flat; while Gina Rinehart lifts her stake in Fairfax.
 

New wave of foreign workers in mining will “take the choke off” small business

The controversial approval of 1,700 foreign workers for Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill mining project is a boon for small business, according to business groups.
 

Welcome to the Rich List club

Look past the Gina-mania generated by the BRW Rich List announced last week and you can find some great stories about entrepreneurs generating wealth in less than rosy conditions.
 

How a sensible plan to meet skills shortages became another Labor shambles: Kohler

Despite a general understanding of the labour shortage in the mining sector, politicians have managed to stuff up the Enterprise Mining Agreement while union leaders once again show a total lack of leadership.
 

Friday, 25 May 2012

What you can learn from the leadership styles of the Rich List: Walters

What kind of leaders do the super-wealthy make, and what kind of leadership makes them super wealthy?
 

Thursday, 24 May 2012

Two months, $10 billion: Gina’s incredible jump

The value of Gina Rinehart’s fortune has soared in two months after BRW’s “glass half full” valuation.
 

Founders of Smart50 entrant Catch of the Day debut on BRW Rich List with $240 million fortune

Smart50 entrants Gabby and Hezi Leibovich have hit the big time, as they debut on the Rich List.
 

Meet the man Australian CEOs are starting to fear: Walters

A former physicist, now fund manager, is turning ferocious attention onto the boards and management of his portfolio companies, unseating some, worrying many.
 

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Conroy pushes for tax on tech giants

The Federal Government says tech giants have had an easy tax ride for too long.
 
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