World’s Richest Woman Says Poor Should Have Less Fun, Work Harder

David Lazarus
Telegraph.co.uk
August 31, 2012

Mr Katter, an outspoken independent MP from north Queensland, joined a chorus of criticism across the country of Ms Rinehart’s claim that people jealous of the wealthy should “spend less time drinking or smoking and socialising”.

“[She] left out the bit about daddy being a major cattle station owner and the biggest mining magnate in Australia”, Mr Katter said. “That “helps as well. She says here that the minimum average wage of $600 a week should be cut. This is coming from the world’s richest woman.”

Mrs Rinehart, a mining heiress who capitalised on surging commodity prices and growing demand from China and India to build an iron ore empire worth an estimated £19 billion, wrote in her regular column in a resources magazine that Australia has lost its hard-working roots.

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This article was posted: Friday, August 31, 2012 at 10:42 am

Tags: economics, financial

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