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2023-08-05 14:08:56 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 511A89207FD58B957417C13FF795CA68FF97C013E17D9B2D38951548D1E1370F
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Gina Rinehart is Australia's single-biggest taxpayer. Hancock Prospecting paid $2.7bn in federal corporate and state taxes in 2022. OTOH Renewable energy billionaires, such as Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar, have not paid a cent of company tax in Australia. https://www.afr.com/companies/gina-rinehart-says-she-pays-more-tax-than-any-other-australian-20181101-h17d56 https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/the-companies-paying-the-most-tax-in-australia-20221103-p5bv7p https://www.news.com.au/finance/money/tax/glaring-issue-with-outrage-over-gina-rineharts-tax-affairs-as-netball-australia-saga-rages/news-story/409716175e55ff95b243100ea246dd07 https://www.hancockprospecting.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Gina-Rinehart-the-iron-lady-behind-a-long-list-of-philanthropy.pdf https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/business/gina-rinehart-says-everyone-is-richer-without-mining-tax-and-people-against-it-because-she-would-get-richer-missed-the-point/news-story/b2f2e95e2d735d04edbd9823273eef4a
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