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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.”

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.

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart continued to be a major property-market player during autumn, with her Hancock Agriculture buying the Packhorse Pastoral Company operations Ottley Station in NSW and Moolan Downs in Queensland last week for an undisclosed sum.

Australia’s richest person, mining magnate Gina Rinehart, has expanded her Wagyu beef empire after paying around $80 million for two prime cattle stations put up for sale by former Young Rich Lister Tom Strachan’s Packhorse Pastoral.For Mrs Rinehart, the acquisitions are part of a major reshaping of her agricultural portfolio as her Hancock Prospecting Group turns its focus to producing higher-value Wagyu beef.

Billionaire Gina Rinehart has expanded her Wagyu cattle empire with the acquisition of two stations that were part of Packhorse Pastoral company’s “cattle and carbon” investment portfolio that went on the market following the death of co-founder Tom Strachan in 2022. Ms Rinehart’s Hancock Agricultural, has bought the 8731ha Ottley Station west of Inverell in northern NSW and the 10,029ha Moolan Downs Aggregation in the Western Downs region of Queensland for about $80m.

GINA Rinehart led Hancock Agriculture has bought the Packhorse Pastoral Company operations Ottley Station and Moolan Downs Aggregation. A statement issued by Hancock Agriculture said the purchases were consistent with the Hancock Agriculture strategy of acquiring first class properties to support growth in its annual turnoff of 2GR branded fullblood and purebred Wagyu.

GINA Rinehart’s Hancock Pastoral has confirmed the purchase of two of three premium southern Queensland/Northern NSW grazing properties put to market last December by Packhorse Pastoral Co. “We continue to drive a change in the culture across the business. Hancock Agriculture have been leaders in this regard,” Mrs Rinehart said. Hancock Agriculture plans to implement its philosophy on animal welfare noting its mantra that “happy healthy cattle are the best cattle”.

28 May, 2023.

WHAT a great boss is Gina Rinehart. The wealthy mining and cattle queen generously gave 41 of her staff $100,000 each to celebrate her 41 years at Hancock. She declined to comment, but an executive assistant confirmed the details. Winners were drawn at random. The winners were junior members of the Hancock Resources and S Kidman & Co. companies and included mine workers in the Pilbara and roustabouts on remote Gulf cattle stations. A secretary also won $100,000.

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