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The city has been illuminated over the summer with The City of Perth, City of Light show, 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.

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

14.02.2023

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.

City of Light Show proudly presented by Roy Hill

12.02.2023

The final instalment of the City of Light Show series finishes with a double night at Elizabeth Quay on 18 and 19 February with a drone show at 8pm.

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

12.02.2023

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 migration quota by 35,000 - but workforce shortages are not going to be solved by immigration alone. We need to boost participation and support people with limited income and savings to earn more. We also need to boost tax revenue to pay for health, aged care, and other social services. To fix these economic and socioeconomic challenges we must “let people work”.

Mrs Rinehart christens latest Oldendorff vessel

11.02.2023

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, and since then has carried more than 46.6 million tonnes of Roy ore over 244 shipments, as well as shipments from Atlas. Today’s special occasion marked the valued and friendly relationships extending over years between the companies. Mrs Rinehart when christening the ship wished the vessel and all its crew many safe journeys, and many happy returns.

Gina Rinehart on work, loyalty and 30 years in mining

10.02.2023

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.

Gina Rinehart gives millions to employees

09.02.2023

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 magnate has a history of being charitable to her employees. In another raffle in December, Rinehart gave 10 lucky Roy Hill employees a $100,000 Christmas bonus.

Rinehart gives away millions to workers in birthday raffle

09.02.2023

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. Why would we risk this vital industry for our nation by reintroducing an unhelpful system that didn’t work the last time we had it?” Mrs Rinehart said in a recent response to questions from The Australian Financial Review.

Billionaire Gina Rinehart gives away millions to workers in birthday raffle

09.02.2023

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 raffle. Giving away small slices of her personal fortune is nothing new for Rinehart. She is known for splashing cash in worker giveaways around Christmas.

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

08.02.2023

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 in Australia to Roy Hill workers in the countdown to Christmas since 2018. She first flagged sharing profits (something like 5 per cent) from Roy Hill with workers during a speech during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth in 2011 and long before the mine started shipping iron ore. Similar incentives and profit-sharing schemes apply across the rest of the Hancock business empire but are more discretionary.

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

08.02.2023

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 'another great year' and said all of Australia benefits when her mine thrives.