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The Rinehart whine came straight from the heart

03 Feb 02:30pm

Filed under: Affluenza, Gina Rinehart, Greed, Mining Tax, Money, Poverty, Wealth

You can’t blame Hope Rinehart for trying to get her Mum to pay for a cook, a housekeeper and a bodyguard. Optimism isn’t even her middle name - it’s right up there.

Why yes they ARE Moldovan pearls… Pic: Marie Nirme

And who among us wouldn’t have a fairly ambitious birthday wish list if Mum was the richest person in Australia?

So Hope asked Mum for a cook (AND showed her willingness to negotiate by including a salary ranging from $40,000 to $225,000+ which means she’d presumably gun for Jamie Oliver but be happy with a Subway “sandwich artist”).

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chopper knows says:

08:32am | 06/02/12

We’ve all been scammed. The Media being the catalyst. If you were a multi billionaire with concerns for family safety and potential kidnappers what would you do? You would purchase power and influence in a major media company. You would set up a “dummy” court case to be televised nationally/Internationally… Read more »
Rose says:

10:58pm | 05/02/12

I reckon that being raised by Gina Reinhardt would be doing the hard yards. I don’t imagine that woman having anything remotely like maternal instinct or a nurturing nature. I would hazard a guess that being raised by her would have been awful. She clearly hasn’t earnt the respect of… Read more »

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