Netball Australia says it remains unclear why Gina Rinehart's mining company Hancock Prospecting suddenly pulled its multimillion-dollar sponsorship on Saturday, despite being able to deliver on their contractual arrangements.
The four-year deal required Netball Australia to position Hancock company signage at match venues and the Hancock logo on the uniform of the Diamonds players, both of which were guaranteed late last Friday after 'breaking' the resolve of First Nations player Donnell Wallam.
The Noongar woman, only the third First Nations player in the Diamonds' 95-year history, had sought an exemption from wearing the logo because of the triggering nature of wearing on her chest the name of the man who founded the company and advocated the genocide of 'problem' Indigenous people.
