"...Rinehart’s support for swimming has also been unusual in her direct-to-athlete funding, which only expanded after a falling out with the peak body.
"Through the “Hancock Swimmer Support Scheme”, Australia’s swimmers receive salary-like payments across three tiers: for top Olympians, those on the cusp of the national team and younger athletes with potential. Australia’s best swimmers reportedly received $32,000 directly from Rinehart in 2021. This would be supplemented by Swimming Australia funding and commercial endorsements."
@sister_ratched@luciedigitalni Independents who hunt in packs under a single banner often lean to the right. There aren't many Independent lefties 'cos they prefer collective action.
@sister_ratched@luciedigitalni One of the independent groupings at the last State election ran on stamping out government corruption and suchlike, while directing their second preferences to... the Government of the Day, the Libs.
I've come to write off coalitions of 'independents' as vote harvesters for the Libs.
I wonder how long it's going to take the person that has called me from a private number five times in the last hour to realise that I don't answer calls from private numbers