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Netball Australia faces funding crisis after Hancock Prospecting withdrawal as other sports warn of damage from saga

The decision of Hancock Prospecting to withdraw sponsorship presents a financial crisis for Netball Australia, as the sport's authorities take criticism for their handling of the issue and failure to listen to players' concerns, writes Tracey Holmes.

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Hancock Prospecting withdraws from $15m funding deal with Netball Australia after players revolt

Gina Rinehart’s mining company instead offers short-term funding until the organisation finds a new sponsor

The Guardian - AU

Michael Pascoe: Trussonomics lives on in Australia – and via our man at the UN

Liz Truss is gone as British Prime Minister, but the forces that elevated her live on – both in the UK and here, writes Michael Pascoe.

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Sponsors should be put through rigour, just like athletes, to 'earn their place' on a jersey, says former Diamonds player

What started as a request by Australian netballer Donnell Wallam to remove the name "Hancock" from her dress has erupted into a national conversation about sportswashing that some athletes and fans say is overdue.

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Athletes and fans urge clubs to ditch sponsorships from fossil fuels

Fremantle Dockers fans push back against fossil fuel in the sport, calling on the team to ditch ties with Woodside.

The New Daily

In sport, it's all about the money — but accepting it is not always so easy

In the messy world of sport sponsorships, players are often stuck between their personal beliefs and the greater good of their code. It takes a courageous athlete to bite the hand that feeds, writes David Mark.

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Reckoning beckons as athlete voices grow louder over sportswashing sponsors

It may prove to be a blip from business as usual but recent resistance in Australian sport has been encouraging

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Sponsorships questioned by leading Australian athletes

Athletes in two of Australia’s most popular sports — cricket and netball — are criticizing millions of dollars in sponsorship deals between their federations and mining and energy companies

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How do former Indigenous Diamonds feel about the Hancock Prospecting partnership?

Former Indigenous Diamond and Donnell Wallam's mentor, Sharon Finnan-White weighs in on Netball Australia's controversial new deal with Hancock Prospecting.

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Netball Australia commit to mining sponsor

Netball Australia insists it is committed to its new sponsor, the mining giant Hancock Prospecting, despite opposition from within the Diamonds camp.

AAP

Pressure building for Diamonds, Netball Australia and mining magnate Gina Rinehart

Having a team of athletes ask questions about the money before accepting it is likely a new experience for Gina Rinehart, writes Tracey Holmes, with Netball Australia now in crisis mode.

ABC News

Diamonds in stand-off over sponsor: report

The Diamonds have reportedly raised concerns to Netball Australia over the multi-million dollar sponsorship deal with mining giant Hancock Prospecting.

AAP

Gina Rinehart’s foray into Australian netball an exercise in climate exchange

Hancock Prospecting is buying the right to stay relevant in a society increasingly concerned with the role of mining companies in environmental destruction

The Guardian - AU

Ex-skip knocks Rinehart's Diamonds support

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is helping ease the financial woes of Netball Australia with a massive sponsorship for the Diamonds, but Sharni Norser isn't happy.

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Oldfield/Costello families buy Mount Doreen Station to increase their cattle empire

The sale takes the families' landholdings to more than 9.2 million hectares across three states.

Newcastle Herald

Hydrogen's big difficulties need to be explained and accounted for if we are to believe in a 'hydrogen economy'

It penetrates steel: just one of the pitfalls of hydrogen

The Guardian - AU

Rinehart-backed joint venture pledges $1bn gas expansion but hurdles remain

Senex Energy says extra fuel will be for domestic use but plans are yet to secure state or federal environmental approvals

AAP

Feds urge Qld to open up more gas fields

The federal government is calling for more Queensland gas fields to open up, as mining magnate Gina Rinehart partners with a steel giant to invest $1 billion.

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Hancock Prospecting, Main Roads WA proposal sparks fear for Aboriginal heritage, workers on Wittenoom route

The company led by Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart, wants to put iron ore roads and workers' camps in Western Australia's north near a national park and through asbestos-riddled Wittenoom.

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Woppa-Great Keppel Island's future in limbo as Gina Rinehart abandons plans to redevelop

There were high hopes mining magnate Gina Rinehart would be the one to pull off what others had so far failed to do. So what now for the future of Great Keppel Island?

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Can Gina Rinehart succeed in bringing Great Keppel Island back to life after 13 years?

From the "get wrecked" campaign of the '80s to the resort's demise, demolition and multiple failed resurrection attempts, there is hope and apprehension around Australia's richest person entering the fray.

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Gina Rinehart offloads three more cattle properties, including some S Kidman and Co holdings

The total amount of land that's been sold is roughly the same size as the nation of Bhutan, and includes some of the S Kidman and Co holdings she bought in a joint venture in 2016.

The Guardian - AU

Should Australia’s major sports stars really be defined by fossil fuel companies trying to look good?

What is the cost to athletes and sports of accepting money from an influential denier of global warming? And what is the cost to our planet?

The Guardian - AU

Gina Rinehart’s company announced as sponsor of Australian Olympic Team

The mining magnate’s Hancock Prospecting will support athletes at upcoming Winter and Summer Olympic Games

The Guardian - AU

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