Rinehart v Joyce: Opposition calls for 'extraordinary' intervention by Prime Minister

By Latika Bourke and Adele Ferguson
Updated May 30 2015 - 7:13am, first published May 29 2015 - 6:04pm
Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce sent a highly personal email to one of Mrs Rinehart's children to drop her legal action. Photo: Andrew Meares
Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce sent a highly personal email to one of Mrs Rinehart's children to drop her legal action. Photo: Andrew Meares

The son of billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart has lashed out at cabinet minister Barnaby Joyce's "dangerous" intervention in the court battle over a $5 billion trust and questioned whether the potential Nationals leader is fit to serve as a minister.

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