The Australian Olympic Team brought to you by Gina Rinehart

[Gough]

Per the Guardian blog.

Australian Olympic Committee will partner with Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting​

The Australian Olympic Committee has partnered with Gina Rinehart’s mining company, Hancock Prospecting.

In a media release today the AOC said the “innovative and important partnership” would run until 2026, through the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, Paris 2024 summer games, and the 2026 Milan-Cortina winter olympics, as well as the youth olympic games at Gangwon in 2024 and Dakar in 2026, and the Pacific games in 2023.

And Rinehart made a pitch for reduced government regulation on new developments ahed of the Brisbane games in 2032.

AOC President John Coates says he “greatly welcomes” the partnership.

This is a major commitment to Australian sport. We welcome and thank Mrs Gina Rinehart and Hancock Prospecting for this investment. On the eve of farewelling our Team to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, the timing is perfect.

There is no coincidence that the strong support of Mrs Gina Rinehart for many of our athletes in Tokyo yielded excellent results. There were so many golden moments and success in the pool, our rowers had a wonderful Games, as did our beach volleyballers.

While delighted that this partnership will assist with our Teams at future Games, I am also extremely grateful for the ongoing support for so many athletes at the grassroots. While that support is separate to this arrangement, it is a remarkable illustration of Mrs Gina Rinehart’s commitment to Australian sport at all levels. Along with our artistic swimmers, our swimmers, rowers and beach volleyballers will continue to benefit from this investment. She’s a great Australian who shares our Olympic values and philosophies.

The AOC is proudly independent of government. We neither receive nor seek federal funding for our day-to-day operations. We are grateful to have the support of Mrs Gina Rinehart, Hancock Prospecting and all our partners to ensure we retain that independence,” Mr Coates concluded.

Rinehart said:

Our company has been a long-term supporter of the summer Olympic sports of artistic swimming, rowing and volleyball for many years, and specifically over 30 years for swimming. We are so proud to help our great Olympians who are such inspirations, through their hard work, most do not really know how hard they work, dedication, focus and self-discipline, as they endeavour to represent our country to the best of their ability. The traits these role models show in my view, are important for us all, if we wish to succeed in life and business.

We are delighted to take the next step in our long-term support of Australia’s best athletes and become an official Australian Olympic Committee partner, an organisation admirably independent of Government funding and aligned to our values at the Hancock Group.

At Hancock we believe it is important that if there is government funding to other sporting bodies, that it be strictly applied to support the Olympians and future Olympians, their coaches and training requirements and participation in sport. We believe government or sponsor funds should be used to ensure sport is at the service of the community and the athletes, and much tighter scrutiny of taxpayers and sponsors funds would assist.

And the kicker, of course:



As Australia looks to hosting an Olympic Games in ten years, it will be important for our country to be open to investment and reduce the regulatory burden that impacts development needed to help make Queensland shine and the Games a success.

In future if you find yourself looking up sportswashing in the OED, parts of the above piece will feature strongly in the definition. It'll be hard to cheer for future Olympians knowing that their success is coming at the expense of the rest of us, which is a shame for them.

 

[Power Raid]

Per the Guardian blog.

In future if you find yourself looking up sportswashing in the OED, parts of the above piece will feature strongly in the definition. It'll be hard to cheer for future Olympians knowing that their success is coming at the expense of the rest of us, which is a shame for them.

let's get real about the Olympics............it is corrupt

If this was an ordinary company, the organisation would no longer exist and the directors in jail. The fact that any athlete participates, the fact that Australia commits a team, the fact that people watch it reflects on our values as a society.

 

[Rob R]

Perfect match for two reasons.

Rinehart and AOC both only care about money and parties for execs.

Rinehart and AOC both pander to China as money is worth more to them than human rights.

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[Bunk Moreland]

John Coates, holy * that’s a lifetime on the gravy train

 

[Not Important]

good ol' gina. not even her kids can stand her. even sued one of 'em didn't she.? just stick 2 funding those horrid extreme rightist loonies otherwise known as the i.p.a, gina.

 

[Father Jack]

Matt Canavan clearly hoping to pounce on any crumbs that fall of his master's table

 

[kalex6251]

^^^

hes gotta get in there before barnyard hoovers 'em up like the obedient little lap dog he is

[edit] strange how the cancel culture hyenas have suddenly changed tune .... now theyre cryen 'go woke go broke'

 

[Schneebly11]

“Woke” has become a catch all for right wingers when they are upset by something.

Lang Hancock said he wanted Indigenous drinking water tainted with sterilisation drugs so they’d breed themselves out of existence.

An indigenous player quietly asked to be exempt from having to wear a uniform with the name of a man who wanted to commit a genocide against her race. It would be the equivalent of demanding a Jewish player wear a uniform sponsored by Hitler and Co. She only wanted to be personally exempt and not have the whole sponsorship pulled. This offended Gina so much she pulled not only the Netball Australia sponsorship but the Netball WA and West Coast fever sponsorships.

Of course the right is salivating about “go woke go broke”, but the truth is Netball is gaining in popularity and has some pretty big corporations as sponsors, so I’m sure another one will make a deal with Netball Australia soon. Cash in on good publicity supporting Netball with Gina pulling out.

 

[Demons09]

“Woke” has become a catch all for right wingers when they are upset by something.

Lang Hancock said he wanted Indigenous drinking water tainted with sterilisation drugs so they’d breed themselves out of existence.

An indigenous player quietly asked to be exempt from having to wear a uniform with the name of a man who wanted to commit a genocide against her race. It would be the equivalent of demanding a Jewish player wear a uniform sponsored by Hitler and Co. She only wanted to be personally exempt and not have the whole sponsorship pulled. This offended Gina so much she pulled not only the Netball Australia sponsorship but the Netball WA and West Coast fever sponsorships.

Of course the right is salivating about “go woke go broke”, but the truth is Netball is gaining in popularity and has some pretty big corporations as sponsors, so I’m sure another one will make a deal with Netball Australia soon. Cash in on good publicity supporting Netball with Gina pulling out.

This happened 4o years ago he’s been dead for 30, should all the children, grand children be forced to apologise to the Jews for their parents atrocities i don’t blame the girl it’s probably some white activist thats got this rolling great advice wasn’t it Gina is actually paying the girls wages until some moron stuck his nose in.

 

[Schneebly11]

This happened 4o years ago he’s been dead for 30, should all the children, grand children be forced to apologise to the Jews for their parents atrocities

The difference being the Germans acknowledged and apologised for the Holocaust, and their responsibility is taught in German schools to this very day and understood by all in society to this very day.

Rinehart refused to make even a simple statement disassociating the present day company from her dad’s words. It’s non indigenous Australia’s stubbornness to acknowledge what has been done to indigenous Australians that causes a lot of their pain.

i don’t blame the girl it’s probably some white activist thats got this rolling great advice

So inidigenous people can’t think for themselves, it’s only because white activists “get to them”? I think Donnell Wallam is intelligent enough to know what Lang Hancock wanted.

wasn’t it Gina is actually paying the girls wages until some moron stuck his nose in.

Netball Australia was being sponsored by other companies up until this proposed deal. They’ll find another sponsor within a short time.

 

[Demons09]

The difference being the Germans acknowledged and apologised for the Holocaust, and their responsibility is taught in German schools to this very day and understood by all in society to this very day.

Rinehart refused to make even a simple statement disassociating the present day company from her dad’s words. It’s non indigenous Australia’s stubbornness to acknowledge what has been done to indigenous Australians that causes a lot of their pain.



So inidigenous people can’t think for themselves, it’s only because white activists “get to them”? I think Donnell Wallam is intelligent enough to know what Lang Hancock wanted.



Netball Australia was being sponsored by other companies up until this proposed deal. They’ll find another sponsor within a short time.

Lol it will be grass roots paying for this utensil up they were already 7 mil in debt make that 11 with the Fever losing their sponsor , sponsors will be wary on signing up with NA, doesn’t want to wear the logo but expects to be paid by the sponsor., she has been badly advised by sone moron and her team mates are going to suffer from this as well.

 

[Schneebly11]

Lol it will be grass roots paying for this utensil up they were already 7 mil in debt make that 11 with the Fever losing their sponsor , sponsors will be wary on signing up with NA, doesn’t want to wear the logo but expects to be paid by the sponsor., she has been badly advised by sone moron and her team mates are going to suffer from this as well.

Actually other Super Netball sides have some high profile sponsors, car companies (Mazda and Nissan) and QBE Insurance amongst them. Donnell’s teammates stood by her stance fully.

They’ll get new sponsors quite quickly, and as every other Australian company wasn’t named after someone wanting one player’s entire race to be genocided out of existence then there won’t be a problem.

 

[Demons09]

Actually other Super Netball sides have some high profile sponsors, car companies (Mazda and Nissan) and QBE Insurance amongst them. Donnell’s teammates stood by her stance fully.

They’ll get new sponsors quite quickly, and as every other Australian company wasn’t named after someone wanting one player’s entire race to be genocided out of existence then there won’t be a problem.

There is no problem I’m sure there’s another sporting organisation that will happily take the 15 mil, Naidoc certainly don’t have a problem with it either.

 

[Nikita Blue]

This happened 4o years ago he’s been dead for 30, should all the children, grand children be forced to apologise to the Jews for their parents atrocities i don’t blame the girl it’s probably some white activist thats got this rolling great advice wasn’t it Gina is actually paying the girls wages until some moron stuck his nose in.

Yes probably some white activist causing problems.

A reminder of the vile Hancock patriarch.

 

[Demons09]

Yes probably some white activist causing problems.

A reminder of the vile Hancock patriarch.

Yes probably some white activist causing problems.

A reminder of the vile Hancock patriarch.

No child is responsible for the sins of their father.

 

[Schneebly11]

No child is responsible for the sins of their father.

But as the Chairperson of a company if it’s pointed out that the person that company is named after once called for the genocide of a race of people it is probably best to come out and say “in today’s age we don’t agree with that line of thought”, especially if you are requiring someone of that race to wear that name on her uniform as a condition of sponsorship.

But Gina can’t, so one has to think a possible reason is deep down she harbours similar sentiment.

 

[Sydney Kicker]

Lol it will be grass roots paying for this utensil up they were already 7 mil in debt make that 11 with the Fever losing their sponsor , sponsors will be wary on signing up with NA, doesn’t want to wear the logo but expects to be paid by the sponsor., she has been badly advised by sone moron and her team mates are going to suffer from this as well.

It could actually be a good strategic rejection by Netball Australia at the cost of short term financial pain. With more awareness of the likes of "sportswashing" by sponsors, it shows that a future NA sponsor that is accepted by the players is "walking the walk". The NA sponsorship could become more highly sought after.

 

[hamohawk1]

But as the Chairperson of a company if it’s pointed out that the person that company is named after once called for the genocide of a race of people it is probably best to come out and say “in today’s age we don’t agree with that line of thought”, especially if you are requiring someone of that race to wear that name on her uniform as a condition of sponsorship.

But Gina can’t, so one has to think a possible reason is deep down she harbours similar sentiment.

100%, she'd be paying a PR firm massive $$$ couldn't they have drafted a statement for her to read out.

the fact she hasn't come out is massively telling.

 

[GreyWind]

100%, she'd be paying a PR firm massive $$$ couldn't they have drafted a statement for her to read out.

the fact she hasn't come out is massively telling.

I'd say it's because she's a horrible campaigner and supports her father's view. Her own kids sued her and she didn't attend the wedding of 2 out of 4.

 

[QuietB]

Yes probably some white activist causing problems.

A reminder of the vile Hancock patriarch.

Conservatives have not really evolved much since then have they - they are well and truly stuck on repeat.

The last bloke is hilarious, complaining about academics, unelected bureaucrats and wokism before the term has even been coined.

 

[Schneebly11]

Conservatives have not really evolved much since then have they - they are well and truly stuck on repeat.

The last bloke is hilarious, complaining about academics, unelected bureaucrats and wokism before the term has even been coined.

Head of the Grazier’s Association, back when they thought Native Title was going to kick farmers off their land and Australians out of their homes.

From less than 10 years later here’s Paul Keating smacking down racists losing their mind after the Mabo judgement was made, racist conservatives have always used the same language

 

[Demons09]

Sponsors have told athletes to pull their heads in so I wouldn’t be to sure sponsors will be lining up for NA.
Well done Diamonds selfish campaigners.

 

[QuietB]

Head of the Grazier’s Association, back when they thought Native Title was going to kick farmers off their land and Australians out of their homes.

From less than 10 years later here’s Paul Keating smacking down racists losing their mind after the Mabo judgement was made, racist conservatives have always used the same language

The birth of #whitelivesmatter

 

[Schneebly11]

Sponsors have told athletes to pull their heads in so I wouldn’t be to sure sponsors will be lining up for NA.
Well done Diamonds selfish campaigners.

Who said that?

The public statements from other sponsors have nothing about telling athletes to “pull their heads in”, quite the opposite actually:

Major sponsors stick with Netball Australia despite Hancock Prospecting pulling out of $15m deal | Australia sport | The Guardian

Companies, including Suncorp, HCF and Origin Energy, say they will continue to financially support the code

amp.theguardian.com

 

[Schneebly11]

The birth of #whitelivesmatter

Don’t forget John Howard stoked the fires, he didn’t jump on Hanson’s mid 90s racial scaremongering bandwagon, he pushed it out of the station:



And how Sky News responded to the Diamonds vs the Manly 7: