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Gina: a real life Succession story, episode 7

Gina: a real life Succession story, episode 7

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In this episode of Gina, we interrogate some of the stories her family chooses to celebrate – and others they don’t

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Gina Rinehart’s father, Lang Hancock, is well known as a pioneer of
Australia’s iron ore industry but few realise Hancock started his
mining career on a smaller scale and digging for a different
substance – blue asbestos. Hancock and his partner started the
mining operation at Wittenoom in the 1940s before selling it to
CSR, which mined the area for 20 more years. Wittenoom has become
synonymous with the tragedy that unfolded for the thousands who
lived and worked there after exposure to asbestos fibres. In this
episode of Gina, we interrogate some of the stories her family
chooses to celebrate – and others they don’t