The Sunday Mail's Queensland Top 150 Rich List reveals how the mighty's millions have fallen Queensland's Top 150 Rich List 2013 MINING mogul and would-be politician Clive Palmer's fortune has been halved over the past year. The Sunday Mail Queensland's Top 150 Rich List reveals the 59-year-old walking headline is still the state's wealthiest person with $1.98 billion. But that is a massive $2.29 billion drop, making him also the biggest loser this year. The exclusive list, published today, shows Queensland has two new billionaires, taking the total to six. QUEENSLAND'S TOP 50 RICH LIST Pick up a copy of today's print edition of The Sunday Mail for the full QUEENSLAND TOP 150 RICH LIST in a 32-page magazine. GALLERY: Superyachts of the Rich List Queensland's Sports Rich List In a rags-to-riches story, Reg and Hazel Rowe have joined the exclusive club after turning a mum-and-dad business selling car accessories out of the garage of their suburban home into a giant retail empire including Supercheap Auto. Mining mogul Clive Palmer tops The Sunday Mail's Queensland Top 150 Rich List for the sixth successive year - but his fortune has fallen fast. The other billion-dollar debutant is Bob Ell, one of Australia's biggest property tycoons, who has relocated to the Gold Coast. Overall, the combined worth of Queensland's richest individuals, couples and families is virtually unchanged from 2012, rising just $7 million to $39.65 billion. But the result was skewed by enormous drops in wealth among those in the mining industry. That cancelled out an impressive rise of nearly 11 per cent in the fortunes of others on the list, with some adding hundreds of millions of dollars to their bank balances. Three resources barons - Mr Palmer, QCoal owner Chris Wallin and Sam Chong, a partner in two Bowen Basin coal mines - shed nearly $3.5 billion from their combined fortunes as world prices fell. Mr Palmer disputed the figure. "I think the iron ore would be worth more than $2 billion alone," he said. His private company Mineralogy is involved in a court battle with Chinese-owned CITIC Pacific over royalty payments for ore from his huge Pilbara deposit. Mr Palmer expects a decision by March and, having won smaller related cases, says he is confident. The outcome will have a big impact - up or down - on his estimated wealth next year. He still needs government approval for a proposed $6.4 billion mega-mine, rail link and port in central Queensland. But he is pushing ahead with plans to build a replica of the ill-fated ocean liner Titanic and last week claimed early survey results suggest a gas field he owns off Papua New Guinea could be one of the world's biggest. Mr Chong, whose fortune dipped by more than a third, said: "Times are bad but our heads are still above water. Clive Berghofer is Number 32 on the Top 150 Rich List, worth $320m. That will drop next year for the best possible reason, this month the 78-year-old announced a $50.1m donation to the Queensland Institute of Medical Research. We don't have high expectations of improvement over the next year. Boosted by a 75 per cent lift in the value of their Super Retail Group shares, Mr and Mrs Rowe's net worth increased by $429 million. That's equivalent to the combined annual earnings of 7466 average Australian workers. Joining them in the ranks of biggest risers are Flight Centre founder Graham Turner and his wife Jude, who added $330 million (83 per cent) to their coffers through a soaring share price. The fastest fortune was made by another person from the travel sector. Jamie Pherous, founder of Corporate Travel Management, more than doubled his money to $131 million. And Toowoomba-based family, the Wagners, who are building their own airport on the city's outskirts, have burst into the top 10. The sale of concrete plants and quarries has enabled them to invest in developing innovative building products, with a $213 million increase taking their total wealth to $826 million. Late coal baron Ken Talbot's widow Amanda and children remain Queensland's richest family. In an exclusive interview in today's magazine, son Liam, 31, talks about his budding career as a race driver and his aim to become a next-generation mining entrepreneur. Queensland's cotton queen Susan Marchant, from Goondiwindi, regains the crown as the state's wealthiest woman after a bumper crop. But Australia's first lady Therese Rein - wife of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd - slides 53 spots down our list with a $102 million drop in wealth, the result of upfront costs from a big international expansion by her Ingeus employment services group. Father-and-son development team Graeme and Shaun Juniper, whose iconic Surfers Paradise beachfront "Soul" tower was placed into receivership, had an even bigger fall. They tumble from number 16 to 127 on the list, dropping $397 million to $80 million. Travel tycoon Graham "Skroo" Turner and his wife Jude own Flight Centre. Pictured at their hotel "Spicers Balfour," an estimated net wealth of $726 million put them at Number 11 on the Top 150 Rich List. The cut-off for inclusion in the Top 150 rises to $58 million this year from $37 million. And that means the departure of several high-profile business people, including Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's widow Terri, owner of Australia Zoo. The combined net worth of the top 100 on the list still trails the pre-Global Financial Crisis level at $35.4 billion - $1.8 billion below the 2008 total. How does it feel to be on the rich list? Rob Kidd suits up in Zegna and takes a Maserati for a spin to find out.