Commentary
The Epoch Times recently reported that Australia’s national cricket captain Pat Cummins held a “Cricket For Climate” forum in Sydney, which led to a push for cricket clubs to install solar panels and speculation around the appropriateness of fossil fuel companies sponsoring the sport.
Earlier in the week, it was also revealed that a former netball captain sparked a revolt against the sponsorship of Australia’s national team from mining giant Hancock Prospecting.
The controversy spurred Australia’s wealthiest person, Gina Rinehart, to end Hancock’s $15 million (US$9.5 million) sponsorship deal with the cash-strapped sport citing disunity within the ranks of the netball community and inaccurate reporting over her company’s work with Indigenous people….