Commonwealth Games

Well, all the eyes around the world, well, the commonwealth anyway, is going to be on Tom Tate this morning at 11:15. Yep. He’s called a press conference. He’s been in meetings for the last 24 hours about the Commonwealth Games Victoria got rid of it for 2026. No one else around the Commonwealth have put up their hand yet. WA and Gold Coast have said yep, we could do a joint venture here and we can take it on.

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Corporate Regatta | Team Roy Hill

It was an oar-inspiring effort from our Roy Hill rowing crews at today’s Rowing WA Corporate Rowing Regatta. The coxed four stormed home for the win in their division, while in the coxed eights, Roy Hill took out 2nd and 3rd. The team was thrilled to have our Executive Chairman, Mrs Gina Rinehart AO, cheering them on. Patron for the Australian Rowing Team, Mrs Rinehart’s dedication to the sport and her unwavering support for our athletes is truly inspiring. Her presence today is a testament to her commitment to our staff, athletes and the sport of rowing. The Roy Hill team proudly wore the colours of our charity partners and even Fat Cat got into the action!

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Family-friendly fun in the City of Light this summer

Having played a significant role in the 2023 City of Lights series, Hancock Prospecting and Roy Hill has stepped up again thanks to the generosity and keen support of Executive Chairman, Mrs Gina Rinehart AO, partnering on two of the City’s most popular events.“I am delighted that Hancock Prospecting has once again agreed to come on board as a naming right partner for this event.” The Hancock Prospecting City of Light Show will take place on 26 January 2024 at Langley Park in the City. Mr Zempilas said the City was also pleased to have Roy Hill as a presenting partner for its New Year’s Eve celebrations.

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AN OARSOME CHALLENGE

Roy Hill have been a Million Dollar Partner of Telethon since 2021, last year donating $1 million with a further $2 million coming from Executive Chairman Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting. Mrs Rinehart is also the patron of Rowing Australia and the Australian Rowing Team, a fact which Hancock Group Operations chief executive Gerhard Veldsman said had been driving the team during their early-morning training sessions. “The Roy Hill rowing team have been out on the water for seven weeks before dawn, conquering the cold and challenges head on together,” he said. “We’ll be proudly wearing our charity partners, including Telethon, Solaris Breast Cancer Care, and men’s health initiatives, on our team uniform for extra motivation. This journey is all about hustle and heart.”

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Intergenerational Report: Experts say solution to age-old problem is to make us work longer

Business leaders, economists and seniors groups are urging Anthony Albanese to develop an ­ambitious blueprint aimed at encouraging older Australians to stay in the workforce for longer as a way to ease the growing tax burden on the young while the country’s population ages. The policy prescriptions include raising the pension age again, delaying when superannuation can be accessed, allowing people to work more hours without losing the aged pension, increasing training programs for older workers, and pushing for an end to age discrimination in the workforce.

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Older workers to be encouraged back into the workforce

One of the key messages from Treasury’s Intergenerational Report, released yesterday, is that Australia will have a dwindling pool of workers over the next 40 years as the population’s average age increases. The Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he wants to get older people working if they want to. But older workers say they face significant challenges to stay in the workforce. And advocates say it’s time to get rid of the bureaucratic redtape.

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Family-friendly fun in City of Light this summer

The City of Perth will be the place to be this New Year’s Eve and Australia Day 2024 thanks to a partnership with Hancock Prospecting and Roy Hill. Having played a significant role in the 2023 City of Lights series, Hancock Prospecting and Roy Hill has stepped up again thanks to the generosity and keen support of Executive Chairman, Mrs Gina Rinehart AO, partnering on two of the City’s most popular events. Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas said the free shows were wildly popular last summer and were expected to again be a hit with families and visitors alike.

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Ageing population sparks calls to cut senior workforce tax barriers

With the Australian population set to age, the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) says the government needs to “remove unfair tax and red tape barriers stopping Australian pensioners, veterans, and students who want to work.” Research Fellow at the IPA Saxon Davidson told Oliver Peterson on Perth Live that Australia needs to emulate New Zealand where pensioners are not punished for working, “Leading surveys show that twenty per cent of pensioners would rejoin the workforce if these unfair barriers were removed.”

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RINEHART’S TOMES OF ENDEARMENT

It was opened on Thursday as part of the college’s new academic centre, which also gives the college’s 150 full-time-equivalent undergraduate and postgraduate students a grand hall, a new lecture theatre, media room and six additional classrooms. “We are deeply honoured and thankful to Mrs Rinehart for her transformative contribution to Campion College,’’ college president Paul Morrissey said. “As we stand here before these awe-inspiring buildings, we are reminded that they have been meticulously built to last and inspire generations of current and future students. I am confident that students and scholars who study in these rooms will find solace in the wealth of resources housed within the Gina Rinehart Library.’’

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Campion College names library after Gina Rinehart

Dr Paul Morrissey, President of Campion College, expressed his excitement, saying, “We are deeply honoured and thankful to Mrs Rinehart for her transformative contribution to Campion College. She is a great Australian, committed to our country’s wellbeing and its future, and it is fitting that this library is named after her. The library is a magnificent addition to the campus, the highlight of which, in addition to its books, is a superb original stained-glass skylight over the grand staircase. Mrs Rinehart’s assistance represents a significant contribution to the future of Campion College and its commitment to providing a world-class academic experience for young Australians. We are honoured to name the Campion College library after this great Australian.”

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