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Major miners to sponsor 2023 Prospect Awards
To be held in Brisbane on November 9, the awards seek to reward those in the mining industry who are excelling and going above and beyond. Two of these awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Discovery of the Year award, are being sponsored by Hancock Prospecting subsidiaries Roy Hill and Atlas Iron, respectively. “Roy Hill and Atlas Iron are pleased to be sponsoring award categories in the 2023 Prospect Awards,” chief executive officer group operations Gerhard Veldsman told Australian Mining. “At Roy Hill and Atlas Iron, we are committed to helping our people contribute to Australia’s mining industry, and in turn to making our company group the ‘best mining company in Australia’.
OLDENDORFF WELCOMES CAPESIZE BULKER GINA OLDENDORFF
OLDENDORFF has named its latest Capesize newbuild after Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart. “Oldendorff carried the first shipment of iron ore from Roy Hill in December 2015, and since then has carried more than 46.6 million tonnes of Roy ore over 244 shipments, as well as shipments from Atlas,” Roy Hill said in a statement. “Mrs Rinehart when christening the ship wished the vessel and all its crew many safe journeys, and many happy returns.”
Ian Henschke Chief Advocate for National Seniors Australia emphasises that the work bonus for pensioners should just be the beginning of national reforms | A Current Affair
Ian Henschke from National Seniors Australia. I think we need to recognise that we’ve got a jobs crisis in Australia, 450,000 plus jobs going begging and we’ve got 4.5 million Australians over 65. Ian says the work bonus should just be the beginning of major reforms in the system. He’d like to see Australia follow in the footsteps of New Zealand, where pensioners can work as much as they like without losing benefits. New Zealand has a workforce participation rate of 71%, we’ve got 66%, they’ve got 5% more of their population working and most of it is older workers. That’s where they’re getting their workforce from. Let’s take the handbrake off the economy and let those pensioners work and let those retirees work.
GREEN AND GOLD STARS WIN BLUES
“The nominees for the overall award are all deserved winners, but both Elijah and Kiera stand out by their performances under the pressure of international competition at the highest level. Bond University vice-chancellor Tim Brailsford congratulated all the Blues Award recipients and said it had been a tough task for the judges to select the individual winners given the sporting successes Bondies had enjoyed in 2022. “The celebration of our student athletes and their performances from last year has highlighted another stellar set of achievements both individually and collectively,” Brailsford said.
Fireworks to replace drones in City of Light show
Update information for this weekends wonderful City of Light – City of Perth celebrations.
Gina Rinehart christens Oldendorff vessel
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has christened the newest Oldendorff Carriers capsize ship, which will carry iron ore from Roy Hill. Senior Roy Hill representatives joined Rinehart at Namura Shipyard, Imari, Japan for the ceremony. Christened Gina Oldendorff, its first shipment of iron ore was carried in December 2015. Since then, it has carried over 46 million tonnes of ore over 244 shipments. “Today’s special occasion marked the valued and friendly relationships extending over years between the companies,” Roy Hill said in a statement.
Osia dinner with Head Chef Danny Fong and Sous Chef Jessie Zhou | Video
Head Chef Danny Fong presents and prepares Australian 2GR Premium Wagyu beef at Michelin Award winning restaurant Osia | 2023
Perth City of Light Show proudly presented by the Hancock Prospecting Group, Atlas Iron Pty Ltd and Roy Hill
This weekend will see the series’s final instalment, featuring a double night at Elizabeth Quay on 18 and 19 February. Bring the family down and enjoy the food trucks, free hula-hoop workshop, silent disco and more.
City of Light Show proudly presented by Roy Hill
The final instalment of the City of Light Show series finishes with a double night at Elizabeth Quay on 18 and 19 February with a drone show at 8pm.
Let people work | By Ian Henschke | Chief Advocate National Seniors Australia
AUSTRALIA is facing a workforce crisis it’s never seen before. Job vacancies are approaching half a million, dragging business and economic growth down and fuelling a cost-of-living crisis. The hardest hit sectors include agriculture, hospitality, mining, tourism, and the caring industries. The Federal Government has raised the yearly permanent migration quota by 35,000 – but workforce shortages are not going to be solved by immigration alone. We need to boost participation and support people with limited income and savings to earn more. We also need to boost tax revenue to pay for health, aged care, and other social services. To fix these economic and socioeconomic challenges we must “let people work”.
