Article by Jessie Tu, courtesy of Women’s Agenda
06.05.2025
Gina Rinehart has released a statement blaming “the left media” for the Liberal party’s election loss over the weekend and urging them to stick with Donald Trump-like policies.
The mining billionaire published her comments on her website, stating that “the left media did a very successful effort, frightening many in the Liberal party from anything Trump, and away from any Trump-like policies.”
“This has been especially obvious this year, with the Liberals instead becoming known as the ‘me too’ party,” she wrote. “Trump-style ‘make Australia great’ policies via cutting government tape, government bureaucracy and wastage, and hence being able to cut taxes, too scarce in Australia this year to rate a mention.”
“No doubt the left media will now try to claim that the Liberal loss was because the Liberal party followed Trump and became too right! The two simply don’t add up!”
In the statement, which was also shared with Daily Mail on Monday, the executive chairwoman of Hancock Prospecting and the country’s richest person said the first thing the Liberals need to do, is education — “based on the old but true principles of common sense and truth.”
She went on to describe her trip to the US before the US election last year to “a known left educated, left voting, Democrat area” where she heard people “in their late 20’s and thirties…telling me, educated on left propaganda, it’s hard to get married, because they couldn’t afford homes, even rental, they were worried about their future, some were in their 30’s and worried they could never afford a family.”
“And what was I hearing from parents with young children, financially they were really struggling to cope. These previous young democrats, brought up in years of left propaganda miseducation, were becoming Republicans!”
“Why are Americans getting it, and we aren’t?” Rinehart said.
She added that “too many Aussies seem very short on understanding that new investment is needed to create revenue and living standards. And hand in hand, it’s necessary to have sensible policies to attract investment in the first place, so that investment occurs and living standards, opportunities, jobs can be sustained.”
“Shouldn’t be rocket science, but apparently it is. Somehow we now think inefficient excessively taxpayer funded gov building infrastructure, houses etc, can substitute, without consequences.”
Rinehart mentioned Argentina, Italy and Hungary (where governments are made up of rightwing parties) as countries that are “ahead” of Australia: “[They are] abandoning the myths or untruths of the left, and instead letting their people benefit from the opportunities provided by the common sense and truth path.”
She described Argentina’s rightwing leader, Javier Milei, as “outstanding”.
Last November, Rinehart said Australia should learn from the success of Trump. “As I have repeatedly stated, we need to cut government tape, regulations, governments’ wastage and tax burdens across Australia,” Rinehart said.
“We need a USA-style Doge [department of government efficiency] that delivers action, one that helps to return dollars to our pockets and investment back to Australia. Don’t be frightened to call for ‘make our bank accounts great again’.”