Netball divides the as Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting flicks out a million bucks


Gina Rinehart invests heavily in broke Netball Australia through company Hancock Prospecting

Mining heiress Gina Rinehart - one of the biggest private investors in Australian sport - had promised Netball Australia (NA) A$15m ($9.5m; £8.4m), though a four-year partnership deal with.


Netball Australia controversy erupts over Gina Rinehart sponsorship deal Flipboard

Netball Australia has responded to mining magnate Gina Rinehart ripping up a $15 million sponsorship deal for the sport saying it was "disappointed" with the decision. Meanwhile, Diamonds' players have denied there was a "split within the playing group" due to the furore over the cash.


Diamonds The racism row engulfing Australian netball BBC News

The fallout between the players and the mining billionaire did not play out the way everyone thinks. New details have emerged on the fallout between mining billionaire Gina Rinehart and Netball Australia. As the ugly war between the sport's governing body and the players comes to a bruising head, the players have moved to clear up a common.


Netball Australia receive good news from major sponsor Origin Energy Daily Telegraph

It has been revealed Australian Netball was at breaking point in the wake of Gina Rinehart's sponsorship withdrawal. Despite the Victorian Government stepping in with a $15 million sponsorship deal, Netball Australia was reportedly considering pulling the Diamonds out of next month's Quad Series in Cape Town.


Netball Australia Diamonds news Gina Rinehart exit left Quad Series in Cape Town jeopardised

Ms Rinehart's $15 million lifeline over the next four years — to a sport that is in around $7 million debt — is in a holding pattern as the Diamonds team support First Nations squad member Donnell Wallam who expressed an objection to wearing a uniform with the Hancock logo on it. It is not hard to understand why she found it objectionable.


Gina Rinehart Pulls MultiMillionDollar Australian Netball Sponsorship Triple M

4 min read October 23, 2022 - 10:09AM Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has issued a blistering statement slamming "virtue signalling" by sports teams after sensationally tearing up its $15 million netball deal.


Gina Rinehart, Hancock Prospecting and the Australian Women's Netball Team YouTube

Andrew Reid. Gina Rinehart's sponsorship deal with Netball Australia has been shifted back into the spotlight. Pic: Getty/AAP. Netball Australia has confirmed that the launch of its new uniforms.


Netball in turmoil as Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting pulls ‘groundbreaking’ 15m

Netball Australia has been making headlines for its sponsorship saga with Gina Rinehart's mining company, Hancock Prospecting. The $15 million deal appeared to be a lifeline to the sport. But after Diamonds players chose to not wear the mining company's logo in support of Indigenous player Donnell Wallam, the plug was pulled.


Gina Rinehart invests heavily in broke Netball Australia through company Hancock Prospecting

'Certain sensitivities' surround deal with mining magnate Gina Rinehart Australian Associated Press Sat 15 Oct 2022 03.45 EDT Australia's national netball team, The Diamonds, have reportedly.


Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting pulls out of Netball Australia sponsorship deal Geraldton

There's one news story that is dominating Australian media. And it has everything to do with the Australian Diamonds netball team and a certain polarising figure - Gina Rinehart. This week, reports came out that the Diamond players were uncomfortable wearing a uniform with the Hancock Prospecting logo on it.


Gina Rinehart pulls massive 15m Diamonds netball sponsor deal The Chronicle

Brisbane, Australia CNN — When Australia's richest woman Gina Rinehart threw a financial lifeline to Netball Australia, she triggered a debate about sponsorships and the role of social and.


Gina Rinehart wears 4m outfit after Netball Australia sponsorship scandal

Netball Australia has managed to secure a major sponsorship deal with a tourism company backed by state government funding just over a week after Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting pulled its support. So what does this mean for the sport?


Netball loses 15 million as Gina Rinehart pulls sponsorship deal 7NEWS

Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has withdrawn a $15 million sponsorship deal with Netball Australia. Image: Getty The Gina Rinehart-owned Hancock Prospecting has blasted Netball.


Gina Rinehart pulls massive 15m Diamonds netball sponsor deal The Chronicle

Netball Australia says it remains unclear why Gina Rinehart's mining company Hancock Prospecting suddenly pulled its multimillion-dollar sponsorship on Saturday, despite being able to deliver on their contractual arrangements.


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

Elite netball in Australia is once again on the brink of collapse after mining magnate Gina Rinehart announced she was pulling her proposed $15 million sponsorship of the organisation and its elite squad, the Diamonds.


Netball 2022 Gina Rinehart's brutal swipe at 'virtue signalling'

March 9th, 2023 5:53 am Netball Australia has admitted it's still in a huge financial hole after Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart withdrew a $15m sponsorship for the sport. The 2023 Super Netball season has launched with a new campaign stating "we're not sorry" after the furore cost the sport the lucrative backing of the multi-billionaire.

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