27 May 2017 Sarah-Jane Tasker The Australian
Gina Rinehart is covered in red dust — it’s filling her eyes and stubbornly settling on her face — as she inspects cattle at her top Northern Territory station, and despite the sun sitting high in the sky and a strong wind blowing desert dirt all over the Australian billionaire, she is smiling. Rinehart is fresh from a recent Kidman board meeting in Shanghai, with promises of further [...]
7 April 2017 Geoff Chambers The Australian
Malcolm Turnbull has described India as a “land of immense opportunity for Australia”, ahead of his first visit to the subcontinent powerhouse next week.
In a speech to the Sydney Institute last night, the Prime Minister outlined the importance of Australia’s ties with India, a day after billionaire Gina Rinehart warned the federal government to follow the economic lead of Narendra Modi.
“Alongside China, India is a land [...]
6 May 2017 Craig Dunlop NT News
THE Territory’s largest landholder, and emerging cattle baroness, Gina Rinehart, has reportedly been spruiking long-term plans to develop the live export market into Asia, with proposals to ship 800,000 cattle to China a year.
The plan, if successful, would see China leapfrog Indonesia as the most significant export destination for Australia’s live cattle trade and could present a further boon for the Northern Territory.
Cattle industry publication Beef Central [...]
