Gina Rinehart and the Liberals: Why Australia’s richest person left

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Australia’s richest person has downgraded her patronage of the Liberal Party, setting tongues wagging from Perth to Canberra. Here’s what drove her into Pauline Hanson’s corner.

Politically, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation may suit Gina Rinehart’s political instincts better than the Liberals, including Andrew Hastie and Peter Dutton, ever did. Bethany Rae

In Gina Rinehart’s universe, SAS commander turned Liberal politician Andrew Hastie is referred to by two words. “The traitor.”