Athletes will receive bonus payments for medals and world records in international competitions under a program funded by Gina Rinehart. The Patron’s Medal Achievement Incentive Fund, announced by Mrs Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting on Sunday, will give Australia’s best athletes and para-athletes across swimming, rowing, volleyball and artistic swimming bonuses for success on the world stage.
Read moreCory Bernardi interviews the Chairman of the Commando Welfare Trust. Brigadier Mark Smethurst DSC, AM (Retd), speaks of the vital importance of the trust that ensures financial support to families of Veterans during times of tragedy. Additionally the significant financial support by Mrs Gina Rinehart AO, and the opportunity for other Australians to further contribute.
Read moreAustralia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, has created a $3 million fund to reward athletes who win gold medals or set world records in four Olympic and Paralympic sports.”This additional funding … is fantastic,” Australian Swimmers Association president Bronte Campbell said on Sunday. “She is truly unique as a patron of our swimmers.” Rowing Australia president Rob Scott said the generosity to the sport of Rinehart and her company Hancock Prospecting had no peer. “There is no other patron who has been so generous with both their personal support and advocacy for our athletes,” he said.
Read moreAustralia’s Olympic hopefuls have been given a massive boost to go for gold in Paris next year with Australia’s most generous sports supporter Gina Rinehart tipping in an eye-watering $3 million incentive for the big winners. The patron of some of Australia’s most-loved and admired teams from both the Olympics and Paralympics – including swimmers, rowers, volleyball players and artistic swimmers. Rinehart already pours millions into helping these underfunded athletes chase their dreams.
Read moreAnnual fundraising gala, August 12th, Perth.
Read moreGina Rinehart has donated $60 million to Australian Olympians, athletes and swimmers. “Mind-blowing amount of money there,” Sky News host Rowan Dean said.
Read moreShe’s an Olympic swimming champion. She’s also just won 3 gold medals at the World Championships. But Kaylee McKeown has lifted the lid on who’s paying the bills…
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Read moreAustralia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart has donated more than $60 million to Australian Olympians over the past decade, new figures reveal. The mining magnate and current Western Australian of the Year, whose net worth is estimated to be close to $40 billion, began supporting Australian athletes after the swim team won just one gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. Through her company Hancock Prospecting, she has since poured money into Australian swimming, rowing and volleyball. The Herald Sun reports that it’s the biggest single contribution to Olympic sport by an individual anywhere in the world.
Read moreRinehart’s contributions make her the largest individual benefactor of the Australian athletes and she deals with them directly because of her passion for Aussie Olympians. ‘The great effort and sacrifices these young athletes make to compete at the world’s top level is truly inspiring,’ Rinehart wrote in her News Corp column in 2016. ‘The qualities and characteristics that these athletes possess — the determination, tenacity, perseverance and drive — make them outstanding role models for Australians. ‘It is these qualities which make it clear why they are great ambassadors for our country and indeed could become future leaders of Australia.
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