Group executive news
Group executive news
BILLION DOLLAR BABY
23.11.2022
Six of WA's biggest miners Rio Tinto, BHP, Hancock Prospecting, Woodside, Chevron and Mineral Resources were on Tuesday confirmed as the inaugural donors to the Resources Community Investment Initiative. Unveiling the new fund which will be used to pay for major "legacy" projects like the $400m Aboriginal Cultural Centre and the $250m Perth Zoo redevelopment Mr McGowan said he expected it would continue to swell.
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Liam Bartlett | Netball WA CEO calls on Diamonds players to ‘take a reality check’
27.10.2022
Netball WA CEO, Simone Hansen told 6PR Mornings host Liam Bartlett she is disappointed about how the whole situation has played out.“Mining is fundamental to our economy, it’s fundamental to our sports. “I want to be clear, this does not feed down to Netball WA and West Coast Fever.”
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‘Who fills the void?’ Why player power in sponsorships is dangerous for sport
24.10.2022
A time-honoured principle of Australian sport is that no individual is bigger than their sport. It’s a reflection of our national love of sport and our spirit of egalitarianism.
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Netball Australia facing a $25m sponsorship crisis with fears other firms will follow Gina Rinehart out
24.10.2022
24 October 2022
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‘Pull your heads in’: Sponsors follow Gina Rinehart’s netball lead
24.10.2022
Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart’s dramatic decision on the weekend to pull out of her $15m sponsorship of netball – following public stands taken by the national netball team about her – has already led to some of the major sponsors of sport in Australia to re-evaluate their involvement, Diary has learnt. Comments sections of newspapers around the country quickly lit up with overwhelming support among readers for the mining billionaire’s walkout, after the story was first broken online by Sky News host and Courier Mail columnist Peter Gleeson around midday on Saturday.
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Sport sponsorships: What would Shane Warne think of Pat Cummins, Tim Winton, Diamonds?
21.10.2022
21 October 2022.
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AGE PENSIONERS KEY TO SOLVING AUSTRALIA’S LABOUR CRUNCH
03.08.2022
Perhaps the single best option for tackling these issues is to provide an unlimited work bonus which would allow pensioners to earn as much as they want from work and just pay income tax like everyone else. This is not to suggest a universal pension — eligibility would still be subject to an assets test and other income tests — but to give pensioners greater freedom to work if they choose to. It will give greater freedom and prosperity to pensioners who choose to work, it will increase revenue from the tax on additional income earned, and it will provide immediate relief to businesses across Australia struggling with worker shortages.
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SKILLS SHORTAGE CONUNDRUM
03.07.2022
Australia has half a million jobs up for grabs but is finding it near impossible to fill most of them. The Prime Minister’s $5.4b plan to make child care cheaper for families also forms a central part of his strategy to address the skills shortage. But Mr Albanese is also facing calls to encourage pensioners to return to the workforce. New Liberal leader Peter Dutton has pressed the Albanese Government to allow pensioners to earn more money without seeing their pensions being cut back — borrowing an idea championed by WA mining magnate Gina Rinehart and rejected by the Coalition. Currently pensioners can earn $300 a fortnight before their pension payments are reduced, but Mr Dutton wants the income threshold to be increased to $600.
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