Billionaire Rinehart Denied Rooftop Helipad for New Headquarters

Gina RinehartPhotographer: David Gray/AFP/Getty Images

Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest person, has been grounded.

The City of Perth — where the iron-ore tycoon is based — has blocked her bid to build a helipad atop the new headquarters of her mining company Hancock Prospecting Ltd. The proposal formed part of a refurb of a five-storey building within her planned lavish new Perth base.