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West Australian
29-05-2025
- Business
- West Australian
REVEALED: Australia's 10 richest people and how much they're worth
Iron ore magnate Gina Rinehart may still be Australia's richest person but that massive pile of dosh is now just a little shorter than it was last year. The name behind the Hancock Prospecting and Hancock Agriculture empires — with assets stretching from Roy Hill and Atlas Iron through to Bannister Downs Dairy, Drizabone and Rossi boots — is worth $38.1 billion, according to this year's Australian Financial Review Rich List . Compared to your bank balance that's still pretty decent, no? Mrs Rinehart has now held the title for six-straight years, but this year's figure is 6 per cent down on where it stood last year thanks to a softer market for her No.1 earner, iron ore. Weaker prices for the steel-making ingredient have also dented the fortunes of fellow miners Andrew Forrest and estranged wife Nicola , who's net worth now stands at $12.8b — down from last year's $16.92b and dropping her to ninth on the list of the top 10 wealthiest people in Australia. Fortescue founder Mr Forrest disappeared from the list altogether. Across the top 10, the AFR says their collective fortune now stands at $202b — down 9.2 per cent from a year ago. Property developer Harry Triguboff held on to his spot at No.2 with $29.7b while packaging king Anthony Pratt and Family come in third with $25.9b. Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquahar was fourth with $21.4b. But noticeably absent from the top 10 was his co-founder wingman Mike Cannon-Brookes. Everyone's favourite litigant Clive Palmer has $20.1b, which put him at fifth, and Perth-born founders of online graphic design unicorn Canva, Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht , held at sixth place with a small rise in their fortune to $14.1b. Co-founder of infrastructure and asset management firm Stonepeak, Michael Dorrell , stormed into the charts to seventh, with an estimated net worth of $13.9b. Former Glencore boss Ivan Glasenberg has $13.3b, earning him eighth spot. Kerry Stokes , chairman of Seven West Media and majority shareholder of the diversified SGH empire — which includes Boral, Coates Hire, WesTrac and investments in a host of resource and energy companies — was 10th with $12.7b.
West Australian
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- West Australian
Jigalong youth to make film about safe choices in upcoming workshop
Secondary students from Jigalong Remote Community School are about to step behind and in front of the camera, using film to tell stories about social issues that matter most to them. From May 19-23, students will take part in a week-long filmmaking workshop as part of the Constable Care Youth Choices program supported by Roy Hill, WA Police and the Stan Perron Charitable Foundation. At the end of the program their work will be screened at a community event with an improvised theatre. The community will be invited to dive deeper into the themes explored and share their own insights. Jigalong Remote Community School principal James Giddings said the previous workshop had a profoundly positive influence on the kids. 'Student engagement was fantastic . . . I think giving them confidence to stand up and express themselves in front of others is such a crucial part of their education,' he said. 'It has fostered some strong discussions around choices being made by young people and how to avoid getting sucked into poor decisions.' Constable Care Foundation chief executive Ian Anstee said intensive programs like the one in Jigalong enabled participants to choose a topic relevant to their own lives and explore it for an extended period. 'Coming back to Jigalong a year later and working with students for a whole week again gives our expert facilitators lots of opportunities to get to know the kids, explore what's going on and have a greater impact,' he said. 'It's designed to give young people a voice and empower them with skills to face some of life's biggest obstacles. They become more resilient and build teamwork, empathy, critical thinking, problem-solving and other valuable skills. 'The discussions that take place at the end of the process have a ripple effect throughout entire communities as they solve problems together. It really does work towards driving positive social change.'
