Gina Rinehart to take centre stage at Bush Summit in Perth

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart and cricket legend Adam Gilchrist will headline the inaugural West Australian leg of the Bush Summit in Perth on Monday. Mrs Rinehart, Australia’s richest person, will deliver the keynote speech before she participates in a Q&A session with The Australian’s managing director, John Lehmann. Bush Summits are being held around Australia for the first time this year, and will bring together decision-makers and thought-leaders to discuss the biggest issues facing regional industries and communities. This year’s Perth event comes at a time when regional WA is in the national spotlight in a way rarely seen.

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Good Sport Gina Throws In $3M

Australia’s Olympic hopefuls have been given a massive boost to go for gold in Paris next year, with Australia’s most generous sports supporter Gina Rinehart tipping in an eye-watering $3m incentive for the big winners. The patron of some of Australia’s most-loved and admired teams from both the Olympics and Paralympics – including swimmers, rowers, volleyball players and artistic swimmers – Rinehart already pours millions into helping these underfunded athletes chase their dreams.

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Hancock fund delivers athletes well-earned rewards

Athletes will receive bonus payments for medals and world records in international competitions under a program funded by Gina Rinehart. The Patron’s Medal Achievement Incentive Fund, announced by Mrs Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting on Sunday, will give Australia’s best athletes and para-athletes across swimming, rowing, volleyball and artistic swimming bonuses for success on the world stage.

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Sky News | Bernardi Podcast | Commando Welfare Trust

Cory Bernardi interviews the Chairman of the Commando Welfare Trust. Brigadier Mark Smethurst DSC, AM (Retd), speaks of the vital importance of the trust that ensures financial support to families of Veterans during times of tragedy. Additionally the significant financial support by Mrs Gina Rinehart AO, and the opportunity for other Australians to further contribute.

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Rinehart’s $3m fund for four Olympic, Paralympic sports

Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, has created a $3 million fund to reward athletes who win gold medals or set world records in four Olympic and Paralympic sports.”This additional funding … is fantastic,” Australian Swimmers Association president Bronte Campbell said on Sunday. “She is truly unique as a patron of our swimmers.” Rowing Australia president Rob Scott said the generosity to the sport of Rinehart and her company Hancock Prospecting had no peer. “There is no other patron who has been so generous with both their personal support and advocacy for our athletes,” he said.

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Paris Olympics 2024: Gina Rinehart’s $3m bonus prize pool for Australian athletes

Australia’s Olympic hopefuls have been given a massive boost to go for gold in Paris next year with Australia’s most generous sports supporter Gina Rinehart tipping in an eye-watering $3 million incentive for the big winners. The patron of some of Australia’s most-loved and admired teams from both the Olympics and Paralympics – including swimmers, rowers, volleyball players and artistic swimmers. Rinehart already pours millions into helping these underfunded athletes chase their dreams.

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SPECIAL REPORT | Bush Summit can bring policy energy, writes Gina Rinehart

Economically we increasingly struggle, given government policies which are not conducive to attracting investment – investment necessary to keep us internationally competitive, and to maintain our living standards, and to help combat welfare dependency in rural and remote regions. As I look across the vastness from our agricultural properties in the Kimberleys, I see the potential for the creation of jobs to give families and children a future in our north, jobs in industries that can help feed and clothe other Australians and our allies. What is required, though, are policies to help attract investment. It’s about letting people work, such as our patriotic veterans or senior Australians who are hampered by onerous red tape and only permitted to work several hours per week – if more, they face serious financial consequences. It’s about placing more defence facilities in our vulnerable north. Hopefully this Bush Summit can re-energise interest in our north, despite the obvious problem: 85 per cent of Australians, and 85 per cent of the voters, live in our cities.

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