Clive Palmer at a press conference last month.

Billionaires tried to buy this election. At least they’ve provided some much-need comic relief

Palmer’s logo of a lion with Fabio-style tresses tooting a trumpet encapsulates the incoherent messaging we can expect when a billionaire gets involved in politics.

  • Melanie La'Brooy

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The home at 27 Outram Street in West Perth,which is expected to be cleared to make way for the development.

The century-old legacy in the path of Gina Rinehart’s $250m development

The Federation-style home has sheltered a returned soldier,esteemed surgeons and a world-renowned artist — notable West Australians who have left their mark on its timeworn walls. But none more so than the billionaire who could mark the end of its legacy.

  • Jesinta Burton
Gina Rinehart at the Anzac Day ceremony.

Rinehart uses Anzac Day service to push for enormous increase in defence spending

Australia’s richest person has called for a gargantuan rise in defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP at a sunset vigil before Anzac Day.

  • Paul Sakkal andShane Wright
Basil Zempilas is the new opposition leader in WA.

Zempilas adamant Stokes,Rinehart have no influence over his leadership

The prominent media personality,who began his broadcast career with Seven more than 30 years ago,confirmed he was no longer on the company’s payroll.

  • Hamish Hastie andJesinta Burton
Both Rinehart and Forrest had lodged applications with the City of Perth to install advertising banners at their headquarters.

Billionaires’ billboards battle:Rinehart sways council but Twiggy loses out

The council ditched the advice of officers to allow Australia’s richest person to wrap her mining empire’s headquarters in company advertising,but fellow billionaire Andrew Forrest wasn’t so lucky.

  • Jesinta Burton
Sussan Ley and Elon Musk on a Mars landscape.

Sussan Ley adds Elon from Mars to her spacey view of Australian history

The deputy Liberal leader added a letter to her name in a quest for lifelong excitement. Now she’s added the space adventures of Musk to her out-there view of Australia Day.

  • Tony Wright
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AFL Chairman Richard Goyder,his wife Janine Goyder,and Coles CEO Leah Weckert at Richmond Train Station after the Australian Open Men’s singles final.

Line call:Feted execs take the train home after Open finale

From corporate box seats to the cheap seats,Richard Goyder is no stranger to the Australian Open’s post-match pilgrimage.

  • Stephen Brook andKishor Napier-Raman
Gina Rinehart at a Christmas Party at her Roy Hill mine

‘Make Australia great again’:Inside Gina Rinehart’s Christmas party

Australia’s richest person was serenaded by a choir of staff singing the praises of their “dear chairman” at a party for Roy Hill mine workers.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman andStephen Brook
Anthony Pratt,Harry Triguboff,Gina Rinehart and Mike Cannon-Brookes.

‘The superstar effect’:Australia’s growing band of billionaires

Twenty Australians hold twice as much wealth as the bottom two million households.

  • Matt Wade
Among those in Washington for Trump’s return to power are Gina Rinehart,Anthony Pratt and Teena McQueen.

Guess who’s in town? The Aussies in Washington for Trump’s inauguration

Billionaire moguls Gina Rinehart and Anthony Pratt are due to attend,while Kevin Rudd will probably be the only former Australian prime minister present for the big day.

  • Michael Koziol