Kieren Perkins was secretly criticised by high-level investigators for comments while he was still president of Swimming Australia that they claimed discouraged whistleblowers from testifying. While the panel found Perkins did not intend to intimidate potential witnesses, Australia’s highest-ranked sports official was still singled out for the impact of the comments in which he disputed the notion there were cultural issues in the sport.
Messages for Mrs Gina Rinehart AO on the occasion of the announcement of the Awarding a Swimming WA Life Membership for her 32 years supporting swimming in West Australia.
Swimming WA recognises Patron Mrs Gina Rinehart AO with a Life Membership for decades’ of contribution to swimming in West Australia. Pictured with swimming legend Dawn Fraser Article by Tim Clarke courtesy
But Mr Veldsman said that, under the Bill, there was no guarantee those different categories of driver would continue to be paid about the same. “We’re talking about draft legislation where the ‘full rate of pay’ is so unclear, so undefined, so broad and so open to speculation that we can’t say in future if this Bill is to actually pass that we can still do that,” he said. Mr Veldsman added a number of Hancock’s projects had already stalled due to red tape. Another major concern is a proposal to give casual workers the right to ask to convert to permanent employment after six months of regular hours.
In the hub of mining and resources companies that is West Perth, Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill is planning a new landmark five story headquarters emblazoned with its signature pink hues. The City of Perth has issued planning approval for a $19.5 million refurbishing of the command post as the company relocates from Perth Airport and into a new statement building of the iron ore giant’s standing in the industry and a tribute to Mrs Rinehart’s late mother, who succumbed to breast cancer in 1983.
It’s a quiet West Perth strip lined by innocuous office buildings and bookended by Parliament House. But if billionaire Gina Rinehart gets her way, Ord Street will soon be home to a five-storey office building donning her mining giant Roy Hill’s hallmark pink. WAtoday can reveal the City of Perth has quietly issued planning approval for $19.5 million in additions and alterations to the building at lot 53, which is set to become the miner’s new corporate headquarters.
Breast Cancer Care WA’s financial assistance program has been instrumental in helping individuals and their families, facing a breast cancer diagnosis, cope with the financial burdens that accompany the diagnosis. Through this program, clients can receive financial support, helping to enable that they can focus on their recovery without the added stress of financial strain. Hancock Prospecting has committed to providing substantial funding to this program over the next two years, enabling Breast Cancer Care WA to extend their reach and impact within the regional and remote communities of Western Australia.
Women play an essential role at all levels of the Hancock Prospecting Group, and it was great to be a part of the 2023 WIMWA (Women in Mining and Resources WA ) Summit. We had the privilege of meeting so many great people at our booth to discuss opportunities at Roy Hill, our commitment to diversity in the workplace through a culture of inclusion and our role as an Australian Olympic Partner through Hancock Prospecting Group. With two days of conversations and connections with local and international guests, the Festival of Ideas was a massive success in celebrating, empowering and connecting women in mining.
