Elijah Winnington has recovered from his devastating Tokyo Olympics campaign to win gold at the World Swimming Championships and set up another chance to podium. The Hancock Prospecting Swimming Excellence Scholarship student won the 400m freestyle against a brilliant field in Hungary. Winnington posted a personal best and the fastest time at the event in a decade (3min 41.22sec) when he pulled away in the last lap to relegate German Lukas Martens to silver.
Today we honour another of my dearest friends, a pioneering leader of Roy Hill and fellow Hancock Board member. Tad Watroba has been by my side on the Roy Hill mega-project all the way through. We started from very humble beginnings, with very little money for exploration. With every member of Roy’s help, we can look back with pride as what we all have achieved together delivers thousands of jobs to Australians, billions of dollars to the nation’s economy and helps contribute towards maintaining the high living standards we in Australia are very fortunate to enjoy. In the hope spent well, our taxes contribute to our defence, police, looking after our vets, elderly, hospitals, emergencies, kindergartens and much more. I’m delighted and it is indeed my honour to announce the christening and naming of the Watroba Wet High Intensity Magnetic Separator Plant.
Although the typical perception of an exploration camp is likely to be one of a rough and ready ‘bush camp’ set up on a dusty drill pad, that is certainly not the case at Hancock Prospecting’s Mulga Downs camp. Just 18 months on, the camp’s visual amenity now benefits from a range of greening measures which were initiatives of Hancock’s Executive Chairman Mrs Gina Rinehart AO.
While many companies appear with 100
per cent foreign ownership, one appears with zero foreign ownership, the private company Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd which is owned by Gina Rinehart. Hancock in turn owns the 70 per cent of Roy Hill Holdings Pty Ltd that is Australian owned.
A South West dairy company is looking to revive plans for a global expansion which could treble its production of milk. It comes after the company won a gong last week, with its Farm Fresh Milk named the most popular dairy product in the country in the prestigious Australian Grand Dairy Awards. It is believed to be the the first WA product to do so in the competition’s 23-year history. In 2014, the couple entered into a partnership with Hancock Prospecting’s Gina Rinehart, which enabled them to produce their premium product in larger volumes. Ms Daubney said the partnership worked like a “great big family”. “We now, through Mrs Rinehart and her other businesses, have a really wide network of people that can help us when we get stuck, and likewise, we try and help when they need milk,” she said.
An expanded Brisbane Fashion Festival is already proving a hit. The shows will be joined by a new “off the runway” program, including a series of Margot McKinney High Teas hosted by the Museum of Brisbane and the retail driven Fashion Friday, offering styling workshops and giveaways on the Queen St Mall. It comes as Gina Rinehart throws her support behind the festival for the first time, presenting the Hancock Prospecting Next Gen Group Show, which will be opened by Myrrdah and Jarawee in a bid to celebrate First Nations fashion and creativity.
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The Hancock Prospecting Next Gen Group Show is always one of the most anticipated events on the Fashion Festival calendar, drawing crowds of young fashionistas and industry insiders alike to witness the fresh, creative, and diverse aesthetics of Queensland’s most talented up-and-coming designers. The show includes emerging labels as well as students from the State’s top fashion colleges. The Next Gen Group Show has consistently provided some of the most impressive visuals, uncompromising aesthetics, and fashion collections with a message: spotlighting issues such as sustainability, gender fluidity and neutrality, diversity, and fashion inclusivity for all.
This morning the stylish people behind Brisbane Fashion Festival have unveiled their official program for 2022, with tickets on sale to see the thrilling line-up of more than 50 designers. The event is set to return to Brisbane’s iconic King George Square from Monday 22nd of August till Friday 26th of August featuring the hottest labels in Australian fashion, to Queensland favourites and the brightest emerging design talent – presenting in excess of 400 unique, inspiring, and must-have looks for the new Spring/Summer season.
A “world class” dairy in the State’s south has won a historic accolade this week, with its milk named the most popular dairy product in the country in the prestigious Australian Grand Dairy Awards. Bannister Downs’ Farm Fresh Milk was awarded the People’s Choice Award for the most popular dairy product in the country, which is believed to be the first WA product to do so in the competition’s 23-year history.
