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Gina Rinehart appears satisfied — finally. In a wide-ranging interview after winning the Western Australian of the Year award on Friday night she’s willing to open up on everything. From how hard it was to be a working mum in the early Nineties, to carrying on the legacy of her pioneering family in this State, to her recent battle with facial skin cancer. More than anything she seems grateful.

Businesswoman who prefers to work in the background wins West Aussie of Year.
Australia’s top businesswoman Gina Rinehart has been named Western Australian of the Year in recognition of her generous philanthropy and unrivalled corporate success. “It’s a wonderful honour to be recognised here tonight,” Mrs Rinehart said when accepting the award in front of a star-studded crowd that included Premier Mark McGowan at his last official event and the next premier Roger Cook, as well as a host of other business leaders and politicians. “I’m incredibly proud of what we have achieved . . . and what we’ve been able to contribute to Western Australia and our country and its future.”

2 June 2023.

Australia’s top businesswoman Gina Rinehart has been named Western Australian of the Year in recognition of her generous philanthropy and unrivalled corporate success.

Mrs Rinehart, a leading figure in the mining and agricultural industries, received the prestigious honour at a gala dinner at Crown Ballroom where the finalists and winners of The Western Australian of the Year Awards were celebrated on Friday night.

“The potential for our two countries is huge. In the last less than 5 years under Modi, your economy has grown to $3.5 trillion and the plan for the next 25 years is to grow to $32 trillion. The growth recently is huge. The growth in the future is going to be huge. Australia really needs to work harder to develop its relations with India,” Rinehart said.

“He came into office with an important mantra which was ‘from red tape to red carpet’. Cut approvals, regulations, so you can welcome investment and that is what he has done and wants to do for his country,” she further added while speaking to news agencies.

WA mining billionaire Gina Rinehart has held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi during his Australian visit, days after it was revealed her company is looking at a lithium partnership with India’s biggest iron ore miner.'”It was a very interesting and exciting meeting with PM Modi, who I have met with several times in the past, in both Australia and New Delhi,” she said. “The growth recently has been huge, the growth in the future is going to be huge.

From the prime minister to mining leaders, the resignation of Mark McGowan has drawn broad praise for the outgoing premier’s leadership during his six years at the helm of WA.Mining magnate Gina Rinehart said Mr McGowan had been a strong advocate for WA. “Premier McGowan well understood that investment and development is the key to the success of WA, and to maintaining living standards,” Mrs Rinehart said. “During the pandemic, he worked successfully to keep the resources sector operating, which powered both the WA and Australian economies and kept hundreds of thousands of people directly and indirectly employed during a very difficult time.”

India’s largest iron ore miner is believed to be nearing an agreement with Gina Rinehart in WA lithium as the country seeks to rapidly scale up in battery minerals to support its ambitious electric vehicle plans.