All-Australian bid for Kidman tops joint Australian-Chinese bid

Mining boss Gina [jeena] Rinehart's offer to buy the Kidman cattle empire has been topped by a higher and possibly more lucrative bid by an all-Australian consortium over the weekend Photo: Independent senator Nick Xenophon with the rich Australian bidders

Four wealthy Australian graziers have offered a joint $386 million bid to buy S Kidman and Co.