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| This 2011 file photo shows Gina Rinehart, Chair of Hancock Prospecting, speaking during a business session in Perth, Australia. (EPA Photo/TONY MCDONOUGH) |
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Australia’s Labor government on Friday condemned the world’s richest woman for
claiming her fellow Australians were “lazy workers who drink and socialize too
much.” Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart caused an uproar this week when she
wrote in an industry magazine that anyone could make millions if they simply
worked harder and spent less time drinking with friends.
Deputy
Prime Minister Wayne Swan said Rinehart had insulted Australian workers by
telling them to “get out of the pub and go and make billions.” Former prime
minister Kevin Rudd said Rinehart was “just plain wrong” and that her call for
a cut in the minimum wage would not reduce unemployment because “life is more
complex than that.” Health Minister Tanya Plibersek said Rinehart should try
living on the minimum wage before suggesting it should be cut.
Rinehart,
58, is the richest Australian with an estimated personal fortune of 29 billion
Australian dollars ($28 billion).
When she
took over the family firm in 1992, it had a handful of mining leases but not
much else. Through astute joint ventures, Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd was
valued last year at more than 10 billion Australian dollars.
Her other
wealth is tied up in other leases for mining iron ore and coal, Australia’s top
two exports.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur
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