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Perth City of Light Show proudly presented by Hancock Prospecting, Atlas Iron Pty Ltd and Roy Hill

This weekend will see the series’s final instalment, featuring a double night at Elizabeth Quay on 18 and 19 February. Bring the family down and enjoy the food trucks, free hula-hoop workshop, silent disco and more.

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Let people work | By Ian Henschke | Chief Advocate National Seniors Australia

AUSTRALIA is facing a workforce crisis it’s never seen before. Job vacancies are approaching half a million, dragging business and economic growth down and fuelling a cost-of-living crisis. The hardest hit sectors include agriculture, hospitality, mining, tourism, and the caring industries. The Federal Government has raised the yearly permanent ...

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Mrs Rinehart christens latest Oldendorff vessel

The newest Oldendorff Carriers capesize vessel has today been christened “Gina Oldendorff” after Mrs Gina Rinehart AO, who had the honour this morning of christening the huge ship, in the traditional way, with a bottle of champagne. Oldendorff carried the first shipment of iron ore from Roy Hill in December 2015, ...

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Gina Rinehart on work, loyalty and 30 years in mining

Australia’s richest person has provided a rare insight into her initial struggles, motivations and ambitions after celebrating 30 years at the helm of what is now the country’s biggest private company.

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Gina Rinehart gives millions to employees

Australian mining billionaire Gina Rinehart is giving away millions to lucky Hancock Prospecting employees. In recognition of her 41 years at Hancock, as well as her 69th birthday this week, Australia’s richest person is giving away $100,000 to 41 employees in an act of charity that will cost her $4.1 million. The mining ...

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Billionaire Gina Rinehart gives away millions to workers in birthday raffle

Gina Rinehart will shower Hancock Prospecting staff with $4.1 million in bonuses. The mining billionaire will celebrate her 69th birthday by giving 41 lucky Hancock Prospecting workers $100,000 each, as part of a $4.1 million raffleThe 41 cash prizes represent each of the 41 years she has worked at Hancock Prospecting, which she now controls in ...

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Gina Rinehart will give $4.1 million in bonuses to 41 staff in raffle

Australia’s richest person, said to be worth $34 billion, will hand $100,000 each to 41 lucky workers at her company, Hancock Prospecting, to mark her 41 years at the firmMrs Rinehart has been paying out bonuses worth many tens of thousands of dollars a year on top of some of the highest wages ...

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Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart is giving away $100,000 bonuses to workers to mark her 41 years at her company

Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart will hand out another $4.1million in bonuses to employees of her mining company as she marks 41 years at the firm. Ms Rinehart will give 41 Hancock Prospecting staff members $100,000 each this week, with a raffle to determine the lucky recipients. Rinehart has thanked her workers for ...

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Rinehart gives away millions to workers in birthday raffle

Australia’s richest person is set to give away 41 prizes in all, or $4.1 million, with about 4000 workers spread across her private company’s mining, energy and agriculture divisions in the running“The mining industry pays by far the highest wages in Australia, close to double the average in other industries. ...

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Atlas advancing new iron ore mine

At McPhee, the plan is to haul 10 million tonnes per annum to Roy Hill for processing. From there the ore will be transported to Port Hedland for shipping. Both Atlas Iron and Roy Hill are majority owned by Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting. CEO Group Projects at Hancock Prospecting Group Sanjiv ...

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Media Release | Atlas Iron Awards Contracts for McPhee Project

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Australia Day | CITY OF LIGHT EVENT AND BUILDING AN EXCEPTIONAL FUTURE

Celebrating Australia and women, as we remain committed to developing opportunities for women across our operation.

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Atlas delighted to support the Cow for Cancer project

Last year, Atlas was delighted to support the Cow for Cancer project, a partnership between Atlas contractor MGM Bulk Pty Ltd and Solaris Cancer Care to raise awareness and improve the quality of life for patients and their families going through cancer treatment.

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Welcoming 2023 with a bang!

Welcoming 2023 with a bang! Atlas was pleased to partner with the City of Perth to present the family friendly City of Lights show on New Years Eve, including an amazing fireworks display over Elizabeth Quay. This event was part of a series of City of Light Shows, which Atlas, Roy ...

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McGowan must fly flag for WA

Once again, just like it did during the global financial crisis, the dirt and rocks buried in the Big State provide a lucrative windfall that continues to make our economy the envy of the world. McGowan’s public purse is bursting at the seams thanks to our resources sector, a ...

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Rinehart rejigs Pilbara iron ore leadership team

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has moved to shake up the leadership team behind its money-spinning iron ore interests in the Pilbara. The company said the restructure would form part of its push to significantly increase annual exports in coming years. “With planned growth in scale from 60 million tonnes to 100...

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Hancock shakes up iron ore leadership

The chief executives leading Atlas Iron and Roy Hill will be bumped up to new overarching roles within the broader Hancock Prospecting group as it moves on big growth plans for iron ore. Gina Rinehart’s private business announced today that two new roles would be created in light of ...

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