1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda 2 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 1: Bunjelung Calcotin woman from Gadighl Country. The Daily oz acknowledges 3 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the 4 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: Gadighl people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and Torres 5 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:18,799 Speaker 1: Straight Island and nations. We pay our respects to the 6 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 1: first peoples of these countries, both past and present. 7 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 2: Good morning and welcome to the Daily os. It's Thursday, 8 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 2: the twentieth of October. I'm Zara, I'm Sam reports a 9 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 2: marriage this week that Australia's national netball team, the Diamonds, 10 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:43,519 Speaker 2: were pushing back against a multimillion dollar sponsorship deal with 11 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 2: a major mining company that would fund them through to 12 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. Now we'll explain why this deal was 13 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 2: so controversial and what's next for the Diamonds on today's 14 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 2: Deep Dive. But first Sam take us through the headlines. 15 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 3: Prime Minister Anthony Alberanezi is expected to sign a new 16 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 3: deal defense agreement with his Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kashita in 17 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 3: Perth this weekend. The deal is said to strengthen intelligence 18 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 3: sharing and enhance military cooperation between the two countries and 19 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 3: updates a deal made by former Prime Minister John Howard 20 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 3: and Shinzo Abe in two thousand and seven. 21 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 2: New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has found 22 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,959 Speaker 2: that alcohol induced deaths were on the rise. In twenty 23 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 2: twenty one. Deaths caused by alcohol grew by five point 24 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 2: eight percent from twenty twenty, which was the highest rate 25 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 2: recorded in the last ten years. The figures also found 26 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 2: that heart disease was the leading cause of death in 27 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 2: Australia last year, while COVID nineteen caused the deaths of 28 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 2: over one thousand people. 29 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 3: Two. Indonesia now where the government has said it will 30 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 3: demolish the stadium where over one hundred and thirty soccer 31 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 3: fans died in a stampede earlier this month. President Joko 32 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 3: Widodo made the announcement following a meeting with officials from FIFA, 33 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 3: which is the governing body for World soccer, and will 34 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 3: begin a rebuild following safety standards regulated by FEEFA. 35 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 2: And The Good News. Nineteen twenties film star Anime Wong 36 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 2: is set to become the first Asian American to appear 37 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 2: on US currency, almost a century after she started in 38 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 2: a number of Hollywood hits. Throughout her career, Wang advocated 39 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 2: for greater representation of Asian American actors in Hollywood and 40 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 2: will now feature on the quarter coin. All right, so, Sam, 41 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 2: this year we have seen quite a few stories about 42 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 2: high level athletes needing to make public ethical decisions about 43 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 2: who sponsors them and who they play for. You know, 44 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 2: we spoke about Cam Smith who signed up to the 45 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 2: Saudi Arabia backed golf tour. We spoke about the FIFA 46 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 2: World Cup in Qatar, and now Australia's national netball team 47 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 2: is taking a stand against being bankrolled by a big 48 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 2: mining company. Sam, take us to the start of this story. 49 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 3: So let's start with the main characters here. We've got 50 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 3: the Diamonds who are Australia's national netball team. They represent 51 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 3: Australia in the World Championships, at the Commonwealth Games and 52 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 3: in the Constellation Cup which is on right now. They 53 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 3: are very good and always up there with a chance 54 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 3: of medals at major tournaments. We know that the current 55 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:07,679 Speaker 3: team is a very close knit group of women. One 56 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 3: former player said the Diamonds are quote sisters in arms. 57 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 3: On the Diamonds team will mainly mention captain Liz Watson, 58 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:17,079 Speaker 3: who was appointed last year ahead of the Commonwealth Games, 59 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 3: and newcomer Donald Wallham. She's a nunger woman who plays 60 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 3: for the Firebirds and she's about to make her diamond's 61 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 3: debut as the third First Nations woman to play for 62 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 3: the national team in history and the only First Nations 63 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 3: diamond in almost twenty five years. 64 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 2: Okay, so where does both Gena ryan Hart and mining 65 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 2: come into this. 66 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 3: Well, late last month Netball Australia and that's the governing 67 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 3: body of the sport in Australia and is therefore in 68 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 3: charge of the diamonds, they announced they'd ink to deal 69 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 3: with Gena Reinhart's mega mining company, Hancock Prospecting. Gina Reinhart 70 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 3: is Australia's richest woman and she inherited Hancock Prospecting from 71 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 3: her father Lang Hancock, who found success through mining iron 72 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 3: ore and coal as farming cattle, which meant he had 73 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 3: a hand in three of Australia's top ten most lucrative exports, 74 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 3: and that has continued under his daughter. Now with Reinhart 75 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 3: at the head of Hancock Prospecting, the company has invested 76 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 3: a lot of cash into Australian sport. They're currently the 77 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 3: main sponsor of Volleyball Australia, Rowing Australia, Synchronized Swimming Australia 78 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 3: and Swimming WA so it makes sense for that company 79 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 3: to invest in the national netball team. But there's one 80 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 3: other piece of context needed here. Earlier this year, news 81 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 3: broke that Netball Australia had accrued millions of dollars in 82 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 3: debt during the worst of the pandemic and they needed 83 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 3: a bit of a lifeline, whether that was in the 84 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:42,359 Speaker 3: form of a buyout or a serious funding boost in 85 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 3: order to survive. 86 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 2: Okay, So then brokering a partnership with a big company 87 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 2: with a track record of sponsoring national sports team must have, 88 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 2: at least in their eyes, seemed like a good idea. 89 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 2: What was the obligation on the Diamonds to fulfill this 90 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 2: deal with Gene Reinhardt's company. 91 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,840 Speaker 3: There's a number of ways that integrate into a sport 92 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,280 Speaker 3: and one of the main ways that we see, especially 93 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 3: on our TVs, is through uniforms, and in this case, 94 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 3: the Diamonds would need to wear uniforms with the Hancock 95 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 3: Prospecting logo, and that is where Donald Wallam comes in. 96 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 2: Okay, so talk to me about this. You said earlier 97 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 2: that she was a First Nations woman and is about 98 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 2: to make her Diamond's debut. Right. 99 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 3: She is a rising star of Australian netball. The Sydney 100 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 3: Morning Herald reported that on October sixth, a week after 101 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 3: the Hancock Prospecting deal was announced, Wallam spoke up at 102 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 3: a team meeting about her discomfort with wearing the Hancock 103 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 3: Prospecting logo as she made her national debut. Now, the 104 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,479 Speaker 3: central reason for this is that Gena Reinhardt's father Lang 105 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:47,119 Speaker 3: Hancock made some very offensive comments in the eighties about 106 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 3: First Nations people on those grounds. Wallam asked if she 107 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 3: could be granted an exemption from wearing the logo on 108 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 3: her uniform. 109 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 2: Okay, and is there a precedent for this, for similar 110 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 2: exemptions having been granted to players in the past. 111 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 3: Well, Wallam actually brought up a rugby union example. She 112 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 3: said that she'd read about an exemption given to Sonny 113 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 3: Bill Williams, who was a devout Muslim when he was 114 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 3: playing for rugby union team the Auckland Blues a few 115 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,239 Speaker 3: years ago. Now, Williams was allowed to cover up bank 116 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 3: logos on his uniform as the Islamic faith prohibits financial 117 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 3: institutions from charging interest on loans, which obviously most banks 118 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,359 Speaker 3: do now. Wallam sought a similar exemption in this case 119 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 3: because Hancock's comments were such a violation. Now at that meeting, 120 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 3: it's understood that her Diamonds teammates were completely supportive. Diamond's 121 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 3: captain Liz Watson said, quote, they were supporting Wallem's cultural 122 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 3: sensitivities around the program, around the partnership and we want 123 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 3: her to be herself and feel comfortable and strong, okay. 124 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 2: And then how did Netball Australia respond to this? 125 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 3: So, as far as we know, Netball Australia do plan 126 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 3: to move forward with the deal, although they have acknowledged 127 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 3: Wallem's quote cultural sensitivities, and Watson told the ABC this 128 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 3: week that the team quote want to make this partnership 129 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 3: work and that she was confident the matter would be resolved. 130 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,159 Speaker 3: But in the meantime, as Wellham's potential debut in a 131 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 3: game against the UK approaches. The Diamonds have had two 132 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 3: games against New Zealand where they wore old uniforms without 133 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 3: the handcock prospecting logo on them. 134 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 2: We'll be back in just a moment, but first a 135 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 2: message from our sponsor. Alongside the cultural sensitivities that have 136 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 2: been raised, there are also environmental concerns that come with 137 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 2: a huge mining company sponsoring a sports team. Can you 138 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 2: talk to me about that? 139 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 3: Well, I think this goes back to the point that 140 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 3: Hancock Prospecting mines coal and iron ore and the company 141 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 3: has in the past been accused of sports washing through 142 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 3: previous sponsorships of other sporting organizations. It's kind of like greenwashing. 143 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 3: Think about it through that lens. It's the idea of 144 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 3: aligning yourself to a sport and having this kind of 145 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 3: feel good victory, sense of pride in your brand whilst 146 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 3: you're trying to cover up other elements of the brand 147 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 3: you don't want identified. 148 00:07:56,520 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 2: That idea of sport washing isn't singular to any given sport, 149 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 2: and it's also been in the news this week in 150 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 2: relation to another sport. Talk me through that. 151 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's been a big week for sports codes and 152 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 3: sport washing discussions. We've had a story come out of 153 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 3: cricket Australia where the Nine newspapers reported that Australian Test 154 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 3: captain Pat Cummens raised concerns with the National Cricket Body 155 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 3: about a sponsorship contract with a Linter Energy. Now they're 156 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 3: one of the country's biggest pollusers. Cummins has said publicly 157 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:29,239 Speaker 3: he won't participate in any publicity for the energy company 158 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 3: and Cricket Australia will end their contract with a Linta 159 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:35,559 Speaker 3: this year, but they've said that decision doesn't have anything 160 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:36,839 Speaker 3: to do with cummens. 161 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 2: Concerns and what about Woodside Well. 162 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 3: There was also a lesser sent by some high profile 163 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 3: members of the Fremantle Dockers AFL club, including a former 164 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 3: player and a former WA premier, over the club's ongoing 165 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:52,319 Speaker 3: relationship with Woodside, who are an oil and gas giant now. 166 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 3: In the letter, the group expressed particular concern over the 167 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 3: decision to double down on fossil fuel production in the 168 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 3: last year and Woodside attempts to become one of the 169 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 3: top ten largest fossil fuel companies in the world now. 170 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 3: Woodside issued a statement in reply to this and said 171 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 3: that it had quote shared values with the club and 172 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 3: was aiming to achieve net zero by twenty fifty. 173 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:17,199 Speaker 2: This idea of sport washing, or indeed greenwashing, is really interesting. 174 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 2: There is a lot of emphasis and certainly a lot 175 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 2: of expectation and responsibility that corporates now have to meet 176 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 2: societal expectations on social matters and indeed environmental matters. So 177 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 2: it'll be very interesting to see what happens with the 178 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 2: Diamonds and indeed the other teams that we've spoken about today. 179 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 3: Thanks for joining us today on the Daily OZ. If 180 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,679 Speaker 3: you learned something from today's episode, don't forget to hit subscribe, 181 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:43,080 Speaker 3: so there's a TDA episode waiting for you every weekday morning. 182 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 3: Have a fantastic day, and we'll be back again tomorrow.