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Spin Cycle: Sarah Martin’s New Deep-Dive Podcast On The Rise Of Gina Rinehart

As The Guardian launches its new podcast investigating the rise of mining billionaire Gina Rinehart, host and senior correspondent Sarah Martin joins Spin Cycle to discuss the series.With only its second episode released and the third to be out later this week, Sarah provides a brief overview of the first episode around Gina’s childhood and how the power of her father’s influence may have actually moulded her interests into the mining world.

‘[Lang Hancock’s] politics and ideology was sort of grooming Gina at such a young age to take over the business [...] which is such a peculiar childhood for her to grow up in’’

Sarah Martin
Listen to Spin Cycle: Sarah Martin’s New Deep-Dive Podcast On The Rise Of Gina Rinehart28:493 April 2025