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In the hub of mining and resources companies that is West Perth, Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill is planning a new landmark five story headquarters emblazoned with its signature pink hues. The City of Perth has issued planning approval for a $19.5 million refurbishing of the command post as the company relocates from Perth Airport and into a new statement building of the iron ore giant’s standing in the industry and a tribute to Mrs Rinehart’s late mother, who succumbed to breast cancer in 1983.

It’s a quiet West Perth strip lined by innocuous office buildings and bookended by Parliament House. But if billionaire Gina Rinehart gets her way, Ord Street will soon be home to a five-storey office building donning her mining giant Roy Hill’s hallmark pink. WAtoday can reveal the City of Perth has quietly issued planning approval for $19.5 million in additions and alterations to the building at lot 53, which is set to become the miner’s new corporate headquarters.

Women play an essential role at all levels of the Hancock Prospecting Group, and it was great to be a part of the 2023 WIMWA (Women in Mining and Resources WA ) Summit. We had the privilege of meeting so many great people at our booth to discuss opportunities at Roy Hill, our commitment to diversity in the workplace through a culture of inclusion and our role as an Australian Olympic Partner through Hancock Prospecting Group. With two days of conversations and connections with local and international guests, the Festival of Ideas was a massive success in celebrating, empowering and connecting women in mining.

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Gerhard Veldsman, chief executive of Roy Hill, is the latest business leader to sound off on the “same job, same pay” IR laws, telling the Minerals Week conference in Canberra the overhaul would force miners to shift staff to “minimum award standards”. “Don’t let a small group of people out of Victoria that has never set foot on a mine site decide what’s good for you,” Mr Veldsman, pictured, told the crowd, adding the mining sector already paid nation-leading salaries. “We work together to make the industry better and then we make sure that when mining does well our employees share in it. Same job, same pay threatens to take this away and force us back to minimum award standards.”

Talented youngster Ingrid Blandford is excited about what her future holds with the academy, as she aims to become SWAS’ latest success story in the pool. “This is my first year in SWAS,” she said. “It’s a great opportunity for me to meet more like-minded people, who are really serious about their sportA member of the Bunbury Swimming Club, Ingrid is no stranger to success at representative level. At the 2023 Hancock Prospecting WA Short Course championships in August, the 16-year-old broke four freestyle club records, ranging from 50m to 800m, along with securing multiple victories.

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5 September, 2023 | front page the West Australian

Revenue for Australia’s largest 500 unlisted businesses defied economic challenges to growth by one fifth in the last financial year. Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has retained its crown as Australia’s largest private company, as revenue for unlisted businesses surged over the past financial year.Hancock Prospecting held its position as Australia’s best-performing private enterprise with an estimated revenue of $15.6bn in the 2023 financial year, a 2.7 per cent rise on the previous 12 months.