Kidman pie launch
Kidman pie launch by Paspaley seaplane to an island in the far north. You can now order the larger Kidman pies
and the new peppercorn flavour plus original canapé pies, via email kidmanpies@vilisbakery.com.au.
News
Hancock pushes SAS fund donations to $1.6m
Hancock Prospecting has backed a $1 million personal donation to the Special Air Services Resources Fund by its executive chair Gina Rinehart with a further $500,000 contribution to support Australia’s elite soldiers.
Announced at a private event at the Hancock head office last night the contribution is in addition to $110,000 donated by iron ore miner Roy Hill Holdings, majority owned by Hancock and also chaired by Mrs Rinehart.
Event to celebrate Group’s support of Australia’s Soldiers
In addition to Executive Chairman Mrs. Gina Rinehart’s significant personal donation, both Hancock Prospecting and Roy Hill contributed generously to the Special Air Service Resources Fund to provide financial assistance to relieve the hardship being experienced by serving and former members of the SAS and their families.
WA premier Mark McGowan hikes port fees on iron ore miners BHP, Fortescue, Roy Hill
Mr McGowan on Monday announced that WA had delivered a $2.36 billion operating surplus for the first nine months of the current financial year, due primarily to the surge in iron ore prices. WA is the only jurisdiction in Australia running an operating surplus.
Celebrating World Milk Day 1st June 2021
World Milk Day is not only a celebration of milk, but a celebration of the hardworking Aussie dairy communities. Dairy farming families take pride in feeding and nourishing our country. Australia’s dairy farmers have been proudly producing the dairy foods we love every day for almost 200 years.
HeartKids Gala Ball
The organisation’s purpose is to help those affected and their families to lead the most fulfilling life possible. HeartKid’s support is a commitment for life, because people with congenital heart disease face unique challenges for their entire life.
Hancock Prospecting and Executive Chairman Mrs. Gina Rinehart have a long-term special relationship with HeartKids, and wish the organisation all the best with their ongoing endeavours in helping those affected by this disease.
‘Right place, right time’ for Rinehart-backed Vulcan in quest for zero carbon lithium
The lithium boom has already led to one multi-billion dollar merger on the ASX this year, and has lifted share prices across the sector, including Vulcan’s. But while most producers in Australia are engaged in relatively traditional mining techniques, Vulcan’s plans are different. It wants to extract lithium from the hot underground springs in Germany’s Upper-Rhine Valley.
Path of Hope Gala
Path of Hope was launched in 2013, as a collaboration between the Rotary Club of Perth and the Salvation Army, with a vision to break the intergenerational cycle of family and domestic violence, by mobilising the organisational capacity of Rotarians to support the Salvation Army, agencies and services that provide safety and empowerment to women and their children who are escaping family and domestic violence.
Hancock Prospecting and Roy Hill have been the major sponsors of the Gala since inception, with sponsorship coming after Executive Chairman Mrs. Gina Rinehart’s earlier support of other initiatives to help actions against domestic violence.
Ore tax props up a nation
WA’s booming iron ore industry contributed nearly one-fifth of total company tax paid across the whole of Australia last year — about $15 billion — keeping the nation on its feet in the face of a devastating pandemic. And that does not include the $7.6b in royalties that flowed into State Government coffers in 2019-20, contributing to a record $3.1b surplus and prompting ratings agency S&P to label the WA economy the strongest in the world.
Interview with Li Cunxin, Artistic Director, Queensland Ballet.
Li Cunxin AO is Queensland Ballet’s Artistic Director, commencing with Season 2013. Having led a long and diverse career as a dancer, Li brings his passion for ballet, devotion to artistic excellence and international reputation and networks to Queensland Ballet’s rich 60-year history. He is the Company’s fifth Artistic Director and the first curatorial Artistic Director.
Pilbara iron ore powering Australia’s economy
Minister Pitt said the resources sector and exports have helped to underpin Australia’s continued economic growth throughout the COVID-19 downturn, accounting for around 10 per cent of Australia’s GDP and directly employing around 262,000 Australian men and women, mostly in regional areas.
New figures show mining sector powering the economy
The Hon Keith Pitt MP Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia May 2021 A Bill to implement a series of important Coalition Government reforms to the Northern Australia Infrastructure
