I hate looking at a smiling caricature of mining magnate Gina Rinehart, dressed in a hi vis jacket, a whole page of my newspaper dedicated to her receiving one of 25 " Officer of the Order of Australia"
It goes on for the whole page talking about her charity to Austrailian sport, her secret donations that everyone knows about, the end of the article, the last sentence states " Her philanthropy is not that public, but its always there "
Geez, she gets her money from the ground, it's dug up and processed and sent overseas, the Royalties from her inheritance are a kick in the face to all working class Aussies, it's a minuscule amount she pays compared to the profit she gets, I do not think she deserves this award, and nor should others of her ilk, the land is owned by every Australian, and by a stupid lease arrangement she owns everything below the topsoil, if she mines a pastoral lease then the leaseholder owns the rights to the top bit, the sheep and cattle grazing part, these pastoral lease holders have addresses in the top part of town, they do nothing, they don't muster cattle or grow crops, they just get a royalty from whoever they rent the lease to!
And geez I hate that and the whole archaic system that allows it
