Commonwealth Games Australia says the restriction preventing Australian swimmers from publicly thanking Gina Rinehart is not political. It says it is commercial and designed to protect the companies that have paid to become official Australian team sponsors.
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson hit out at Australian team officials’ decision to silence swimmers from thanking their billionaire benefactor Gina Rinehart and said they should be allowed to “thank whoever they like”.
Hancock Prospecting has called for an apology from the ABC and for action to be taken against those who allowed a segment that ‘glorified sexualised and political violence’ against Gina Rinehart to be aired.