Capture — two dollars a day

• Claim filed: Gina Rinehart is “pushing for Australian workers to work for two dollars a day.”
• Who said it: Hera Sheppard, Victorian Socialists candidate, ABC Radio South West Victoria, 12 August 2026
• Who it is about: Gina Rinehart
• Correction URL: https://www.abc.net.au/news/corrections/2026-08-14/reinhartradio/107040362
• Date on page: 14 August 2026
• Publisher: ABC News (Corrections & Clarifications)
• Title: Gina Rinehart
• Captured: 2026-08-14
• Method: saved HTML (abc-correction-2026-08-14.html)

Verbatim (ABC correction, 14 August 2026)

ABC Radio South West Victoria: During an interview on 12 August 2026, Victorian Socialists candidate Hera Sheppard stated without contest that Gina Rinehart was “pushing for Australian workers to work for two dollars a day”. This was innaccurate. Rineharts previous comments referred to African workers being willing to work for less than $2 a day, in the context of Australia’s international competitiveness. An on-air correction has been issued.

Spelling as on the page.

The 2012 sentence (same masthead)

ABC News, 5 September 2012 — abc-2012-09-05.html
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-05/rinehart-says-aussie-workers-overpaid-unproductive/4243866

Sydney Mining Club video. Rinehart, on West African iron-ore costs:

Furthermore, Africans want to work, and its workers are willing to work for less than $2 per day. Such statistics make me worry for this country's future.

The ABC’s own 2012 lede: Australians “need to work harder to compete with Africans who will labour for less than $2 a day.” That is a competitiveness line. It is not “pay Australians $2.”

Julia Gillard, same day, same file: “It’s not the Australian way to toss people a $2 gold coin and then ask them to work for a day.” Gillard heard the slide in 2012. Sheppard filed it as a current wage bid in 2026.

The longer 2026 line (One Nation money)

One News Australia, 14 August 2026 — onenews-2026-08-14.html
https://www.onenewsaustralia.com/gina-rinehart-abc-two-dollar-day-claim/

Sheppard, asked why One Nation is up:

That is, in my opinion, as a result of the massive amounts of funding from billionaires like Gina Rinehart who are pushing for Australian workers to work for $2 a day.

News.com.au, same day — newscom-2026-08-14.html
https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/gina-rinehart-lodges-new-complaint-against-abc-demands-correction-over-2-a-day-onair-claim/news-story/d024b0590cd7a25c7f1322a97471636a

Hancock Prospecting complained. The ABC later issued the correction above. Presenter: Jeremy Lee. The correction says the claim went out “without contest.”

What this file does not do

It does not file “Rinehart is a friend of the worker.” The 2012 video is a cost complaint. It does not file “the ABC is a conspiracy.” It files the slide from an African wage statistic to an Australian payslip.