. "The main plot is a financial assault by Australia???s richest person, mining magnate Gina Rinehart, on one of the country???s largest media companies.Rinehart, 57, notoriously private and hardheaded, is seeking close to 15 percent of the shares of Fairfax Media, and few observers think she is motivated by anything other than a platform for her conservative political views, ?? la Murdoch." . . .