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Warren Mundine: Netball stars could learn a thing or two from Ash Barty – an Indigenous role model who refused to use her heritage to trash her country

Our ancestors fought and won huge battles so Indigenous athletes had the same opportunities as everyone else - not so they would still be shackled by the racism of history.

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Mrs Gina Rinehart has transformed Artistic Swimming in WA

Artistic Swimming Western Australia (ASWA) is extremely honoured and proud to have Mrs Gina Rinehart AO as our Patron. Mrs Rinehart and the support of the Hancock Prospecting Group has played an integral role over the past eight years in nurturing and developing our sport, transforming it into one that has, and continues to develop Western Australia’s artistic swimmers into accomplished women and world class athletes.

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Fraser in fight for Rinehart

OLYMPIC swimming legend Dawn Fraser has thrown her support behind mining magnate Gina Rinehart amid the sponsorship scandal that's left Netball Australia on the brink of financial disaster. Fraser, a four-time gold medallist and one of the country's most celebrated athletes, also said she feared that Australia's richest person would now stop sponsoring sport.

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‘What are these women doing?: Fraser slams Rinehart attack as $15m netball saga drags on

“Mrs G (Rinehart) has done a hell of a lot for not only swimming, but she’s looked after beach volleyball, she’s looked after women’s rowing and women’s synchronised swimming. ”I mean heavens above – what are these women doing.”

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Olympic legend Dawn Fraser’s brutal message for Australia’s netballers as she throws her support behind Gina Rinehart

Olympic swimmer Dawn Fraser has thrown her support behind Gina Rinehart after its players took issue with her sponsorship deal over offensive comments made by her late father. Fraser hit out at the players, and praised Rinehart for backing minor sports over the years.

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Righteous brigade ignores Gina Rinehart’s unwavering support for Indigenous communities and Australian sport

Yet because of historic comments made by her father, Ms Rinehart was discriminated against in this most public and objectifying way possible. That reductionist, reflexive reaction is shameful, and degrades the contribution any of us make in the here and now if we are forever going to be judged by those who came before us.If we start going down that path, where we can’t have sophisticated and nuanced conversations, then we’ll be left with a shell of our society and the financial losses of Netball Australia will look pale in comparison.

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Hedland Amateur Swimming Club ready for exciting summer season

“Bring on summer.” Swimmers from the Hedland Amateur Swim Club will travel to Karratha for the region’s biggest competition, the Hancock Prospecting Pilbara Championships, on November 25-27.

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Weekend bonanza proves a perfect 10

It was another Telethon weekend to remember with lots of laughs, love and even a mankini! These were our highlights 1. Hitting $500 million 2. PM in PJs 3. Lip-sync battle 4. Rinehart’s donation 5. Pie face 6. Hospital visit 7. Mankini 8. Brand new car 9. Shirts off 10. Kids take over.

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Sanjiv Manchanda Chief Executive Officer of Atlas Iron supporting Telethon

Sanjiv Manchanda, Gary Korte, Gerhard Veldsman and teams supporting Telethon.

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Netball Poll

24 October 2022.

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Swimming WA supports Hancock Prospecting longstanding partnership

The support that Hancock Prospecting and Mrs Rinehart AO have provided to Swimming WA and the sport of swimming spans over three decades and has made a significant contribution to the success of our elite WA swimmers at international level.  Hancock Prospecting and Mrs Rinehart AO also support swimming across Australia including providing direct support to members of the Australian Swimming Team.

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Statement from Kevin Hasemann, Swimming QLD CEO

Swimming Queensland is proud of its long-standing partnership with Mrs Gina Rinehart and Hancock Prospecting and finds the negative characterisation in some quarters of Mrs Rinehart’s new sponsorship of another sport regrettable. Mrs Rinehart’s sponsorship of swimming spans more than three decades, ranging from swimming clinics for indigenous children in remote communities through to helping our high performance swimmers pursue their sporting dreams.

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Rowing Australia and Athletes Grateful for the Long-Standing and Game-Changing Support of Hancock Prospecting

The support that Hancock Prospecting and Mrs Rinehart AO provides to Rowing Australia (RA) and most importantly its athletes, dating back to 2015, has been a game changer for our sport. RA is proud that it provides equitable athlete support across its programs.

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When it comes to Gina Rinehart, actions speak louder than words | Sponsor hypocrites back off

Lately there have been a lot of headlines about Mrs Gina Rinehart, Hancock Prospecting and the $15 million sponsorship of Netball Australia’s Diamonds Team ...

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NMDC in discussions to acquire minority stake in Australian lithium block

NMDC started negotiations to acquire the stake in one of the mines owned by Hancock Prospecting (HPPL) or Hawthorn Resources. According to an official, NMDC could take a minority stake in one of the mines owned by Hancock or Hawthorn Resources, since a 'majority stake would require billions of dollars' Hawthorn Resources currently owns projects such as the Anglo-Saxo, Edjudina, Black Raven Mining and Mount Baven projects while Hancock recently formed a joint venture with Atlas Iron/ Hancock Prospecting and Legacy in the Mt Bevan magnetite project. NMDC aims to have an iron ore production capacity of 100 million tonnes by FY30.

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