Gina Rinehart

Mining magnate. 2 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2021 to 2023. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check20 Dec 2023Australia Crime and security

Gina Rinehart, Hancock Prospecting chair

“Federal taxation revenue from our mining companies alone for the last financial year more than covers the cost of salaries of all of Australia's police, teachers and nurses.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Doesn't stack up

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mrs Rinehart's claim doesn't stack up. Data from the Australian Taxation Office shows that the mining industry paid $42.2 billion in federal corporate taxes in 2021-22, the last financial year for which data is availabl…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check27 Oct 2021Australia

Gina Rinehart, Mining magnate

“Polar bear numbers have increased”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Doesn't check out

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mrs Rinehart's claim doesn't check out. Reports on populations of polar bears produced by leading experts do not provide a time series for global populations of the species. Rather, they group polar bears into 19 subpop…