Is Gina Rinehart after evidence that one or more of her children may have breached a court suppression order?

Finally, a clue to why Gina The Great is intent on trashing the journalist’s right to protect sources.

Steve Pennells ‏@pennells

All of us now being subpoenaed by Gina Rinehart are being asked to hand over documents stretching back to the exact same date 18 months ago.

Steve Pennells ‏@pennells

The date - Sep 5, 2011 - is significant. It's the day three of Gina Rinehart's children launched action against her in the NSW Supreme Court.

In Rinehart v Welker [2011] NSWCA 425 (21 December 2011):

4. On 5 September 2011, an application was made, ex parte , in the Supreme Court, Equity Division, seeking relief in relation to the affairs of a family trust of which Ms Gina Rinehart  is the trustee (the Trustee proceedings). The other party in the Trustee interests, Ms Ginia Rinehart, is a beneficiary under the Trust, but has joined with Ms  Gina Rinehart  in the dispute with the other beneficiaries. The ex parte application was made without any prior resort to the confidential alternate dispute mechanisms for which the Deed made provision.

5. Ms  Gina Rinehart  made an application for a stay of the application brought by the Beneficiary interests as well as an application for a suppression order made under the Court Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act (the Act). On 13 September 2011, Brereton J made an order under s 7 of the Act, prohibiting the disclosure, by publication or otherwise, of any information as to the relief claimed, or any pleading, evidence or argument filed, read or given in, the proceedings. Pursuant to s 9(4), the order did not prohibit disclosure or publication of his Honour's judgment, or of orders made in the proceedings.

The West Australian 5th April 2012:

Hancock Prospecting's lawyers also raised concerns about the newspaper's in-house counsel gaining access to confidential documents concerning the case, because of the nature of the newspaper business.

Or could it be this?

Rinehart children in secret settlement pact

Litigation reportedly returned to the courts on 12th March 2013.

What set everyone wondering:

Rinehart subpoenas Fairfax journalist in trust feud

West Australian journalists score small victory against Gina Rinehart