Gina Rinehart Backs Gold Coast City Mayor’s Bid to Host Commonwealth Games

Aussie mining magnate and billionaire businesswoman Gina Rinehart has backed the Gold Coast’s bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games following an appeal to the federal sports minister by the city’s mayor this week.

Beachfront hotels at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast in Gold Coast, Australia, on April 7, 2017. Cameron Spencer/Getty Images

Australian mining magnate and billionaire businesswoman Gina Rinehart has backed the Gold Coast’s bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games following an appeal to the federal sports minister by the city’s mayor this week.

Ms. Rinehart has been reported to join forces with patrons of the Commonwealth Games, such as major sporting bodies, to salvage the games after plans for its hosting were axed by the Victorian government in July.