HTTP/1.1 200 OKServer: nginxContent-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8X-Powered-By: WordPress VIP Host-Header: a9130478a60e5f9135f765b23f26593bX-Content-Type-Options: nosniffX-XSS-Protection: 1x-rq: syd3 123 243 443Cache-Control: must-revalidate, max-age=300Expires: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 04:51:41 GMTDate: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 04:46:41 GMTTransfer-Encoding:  chunkedConnection: keep-aliveConnection: Transfer-EncodingSet-Cookie: nk=d4fd537ff29480321d64cc0d8815e26d; expires=Sat, 07-Feb-2026 04:46:41 GMT; domain=.theaustralian.com.au; secure; SameSite=NoneSet-Cookie: theAusShortlist=DELETEME; expires=Thu, 01-Aug-2024 12:40:38 GMT; secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=StrictStrict-Transport-Security: max-age=600 ; includeSubDomainsContent-Security-Policy-Report-Only: frame-ancestors 'self'; report-uri https://www.theaustralian.com.au/csp-reportsContent-Security-Policy: block-all-mixed-content; style-src https: 'unsafe-inline'; script-src https: blob: 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval'; img-src https: data:; frame-src https:;BlaizeHappened: trueX-ARRRG5: /blaize/decision-engine?path=https%3a%2f%2fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2fweb-stories%2ffree%2fthe-australian%2findigenous-netball-star-devastated-by-15m-sponsorship-call-3%3fnk%3dd4fd537ff29480321d64cc0d8815e26d-1711775422&blaizehost=v4-news-au-theaustralian.cdn.zephr.com&content_id=&session=d4fd537ff29480321d64cc0d8815e26dX-ARRRG4: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/X-PathQS: TRUEVary: User-AgentAkamai-GRN: 0.4e4e6168.1738903600.17ea1315
Indigenous netball star ‘devastated’ by sponsorship call
Netball
in partnership with
Indigenous netball star Donnell Wallam was left distressed and devastated by Hancock Prospecting’s bombshell decision to pull its proposed $15m of funding from the sport.
The 28-year-old’s concerns revolve around comments made by owner Gina Rinehart’s father Lang Hancock in the 1980s that sterilisation should be used to solve ‘the Aboriginal problem’
Source: Channel 9
The shock decision by Rinehart’s company, which came along with a scathing statement from the mining magnate, left Wallam devastated according to reports.
Netball Australia Players Association boss Kathryn Harby-Williams was left disappointed of the decision by netball’s administrators not to give Wallam an exemption allowing her to not wear the logo.
“
— Kathryn Harby-Williams
Ultimately Hancock Prospecting  pulled the plug, saying in a statement that it had “not been made aware” of the issues between Netball Australia and the Players Association and did “not wish to add to Netball’s disunity problems”.
The $15 million commercial agreement, lasting until the end of 2025, would have been a lifeline for the governing body, which had lost more than $7 million over the past two years.
Words: Staff writersProducer: Stefan Centofanti
in partnership with																															

Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/web-stories/free/the-australian/indigenous-netball-star-devastated-by-15m-sponsorship-call-3