EPISODE · Apr 15, 2026 · 55 MIN
Gina Rinehart claims victory in bitter court battle with children
from The Radio National Hour · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Against the backdrop of the Ukraine war, the asymmetric conflict in the Middle East and a volatile US administration Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles will tomorrow unveil the latest National Defence Strategy. Professor Ian Langford says there's an arms race underway across the world and its vital that Australia develops its own sovereign defence capabilities. Everybody’s a winner, and a loser it seems in a marathon case involving the mining wealth of Australia’s richest woman. A West Australian judge has found Gina Rinehart’s company must pay royalties to two rival mining dynasties from one of its valuable Pilbara iron ore projects - but the court dismissed other claims against Rinehart - including those brought by her children. His music is steeped in the soul of America's deep south, but it wasn’t until he left the US that blues maestro Eric Bibb found a kind of freedom.
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Against the backdrop of the Ukraine war, the asymmetric conflict in the Middle East and a volatile US administration Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles will tomorrow unveil the latest National Defence Strategy. Professor Ian Langford says there's an arms race underway across the world and its vital that Australia develops its own sovereign defence capabilities. Everybody’s a winner, and a loser it seems in a marathon case involving the mining wealth of Australia’s richest woman. A West Australian judge has found Gina Rinehart’s company must pay royalties to two rival mining dynasties from one of its valuable Pilbara iron ore projects - but the court dismissed other claims against Rinehart - including those brought by her children. His music is steeped in the soul of America's deep south, but it wasn’t until he left the US that blues maestro Eric Bibb found a kind of freedom.
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