Gina Rinehart calls on Australians to do one thing now for the future of the country Gina Rinehart urges Aussies to pressure MPs She says their policies must 'lift Australia up' READ MORE: Gina Rinehart's wealth hits eye-watering high By David Southwell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:24 EDT, 17 July 2024 | Updated: 22:25 EDT, 17 July 2024 e-mail View comments Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has urged Australians to pressure politicians to keep the country on the 'up path' that raises living standards with policies that are unabashedly 'pro-Australia'. Mr Rinehart, 70, said what Australia needed were 'common sense policies' that increased investment'. 'Australians should be constantly questioning our governments, are your policies going to lift our country up, or are they going to drag us down? Will your policies improve our living standards, or drag them down?,' she told The Australian .
'Will your policies improve our education standards, and not be anti-Australia, or drag our education down? Will your policies add to our vital defence, or will they drag them down?' Australia's richest person passionately defended the mining and agriculture sectors that have provided the bulk of her vast fortune. She said 'people forget that everything around us had to be either mined or grown, from our cars and laptops to our clothes and medical equipment'. 'When mining does well, Australians do well,' she asserted.
'Though I should add, when mining doesn't do well, nor do Australians..