Coal industry and Gina Rinehart were biggest donors to conservative campaigns

The coal industry lobby and Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting were the biggest donors to conservative campaign groups that targeted Labor, Teals and Greens MPs during last year’s federal election.

Every donation made to anti-teal group Australians for Prosperity was from Coal Australia Limited, which was formed by coal miners Whitehaven, New Hope and Bowen, and launched in 2023.

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