Vincent Namatjira's painting of billionaire mining heir Gina Rinehart has caused a row Down Under. And now, some of Australia's biggest sports stars are getting involved.
Mrs Rinehart has paid more than $40m in sponsorship to Swimming Queensland and her company has a support scheme which helps pay their wages, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
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Chalmers and Swimming Queensland chief executive Kevin Hasemann reportedly got together a group of 20 Australian swimmers to campaign against the painting - and another of Mrs Rinehart that hangs in the gallery.
She pays their wages, what’s the chance she demanded that they do this?
The public backlash if someone leaked the demand would make the little “Hey I dont like this painting of me” news story fade into nothing by comparison.
Fact is for an environment raping mining billionaire she is pretty generous to Australian sports, Im not surprised some athletes are supporting her.
Until they don’t do what she says. Didn’t she drop all the hockey because one aboriginal player objected to playing with a mining logo. Remember, she doesn’t donate. She sponsors. She gets something too.
She pays their wages, what’s the chance she demanded that they do this?
Doubtful.
The public backlash if someone leaked the demand would make the little “Hey I dont like this painting of me” news story fade into nothing by comparison.
Fact is for an environment raping mining billionaire she is pretty generous to Australian sports, Im not surprised some athletes are supporting her.
Until they don’t do what she says. Didn’t she drop all the hockey because one aboriginal player objected to playing with a mining logo. Remember, she doesn’t donate. She sponsors. She gets something too.
Never heard of the cunt before this week.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/23/sport/australia-netball-rinehart-diamonds-sponsorship-spt-intl-hnk/index.html
Dropped them because of racist shit her dad said that they didn’t approve of. And yeah it was an aboriginal player of whatever Netball is.
Her dad said it and when asked, she refused to speak against it.
Good to get some more context there. Thanks for clarifying
give them free prints of the painting as a gift is the correct response.
Nah donate a fresh batch of swim caps with the painting printed on them