Tony Armstrong has called out Gina Rinehart for pulling out of a $15 million sponsorship deal with Netball Australia.
Rinehart’s company Hancock Prospecting has infamously cut ties with Netball Australia after Indigenous player Donnell Wallam voiced concerns about wearing her Netball uniform with the Hancock logo.
Why? Because Rinehart’s father, Lang Rinehart, has previously made abhorrent “sterilising” comments about Indigenous Australians in the 1980s,
The conversation has eclipsed the media cycle for the last week. Some people have been arguing if you go woke, you go broke.
Netball Australia is about to feel the pressures of insolvency that Australia as a nation will feel in our blind pursuit of net zero.
Get woke, go broke.
— Michael Arbon (@ArbonUap) October 22, 2022
Others siding with Wallam’s stance.
“Wallam showed that it is possible to stand up for what you believe in, to challenge – whether quietly or loudly – the leaders of your sport and still step out on the court and be your very best.” https://t.co/mQQQUYQG1r
— Lawrie Woodman (@LawrieWoodman) October 27, 2022
There’s been plenty of noise around the conversation, but Armstrong shared his point of view on The Project desk.
Armstrong even went as far as to invite Rinehart to The Project to hash it on television.
News.com.au reported that Armstrong said: “The fact remains that what her dad said while at the helm of Hancock Prospecting is hands down the worst thing anything could say about another race.