Gina Rinehart emerges as money behind Bruce McWilliam’s stake in Seven owner

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Calum Jaspan

Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart has emerged as the money behind former Kerry Stokes-ally Bruce McWilliam’s near-10 per cent stake in Southern Cross Media, the owner of Network Seven and Triple M.

Rinehart, a mining magnate who has previously held interests in Network 10 and Fairfax Media (the publisher of this masthead), has now emerged as a key player in the biggest media company in Perth, which also publishes The West Australian.

Gina Rinehart has emerged as a major player at the publisher of The West Australian and the Seven Network.

An ASX disclosure filed on Wednesday morning showed that McWilliam’s fast-growing stake in the newly merged media company has been mostly financed by a company associated with Rinehart and her company Hancock Prospecting.

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Calum Jaspan is a media writer for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based in Melbourne. Reach him securely on Signal @calumjaspan.10Connect via X or email.