Gina Rinehart offers bonuses for Australian swimming medals as funding gap exposed
Billionaire Gina Rinehart has offered cash bonuses to Australian swimmers for medal wins and world records at the 2026 Commonwealth Games. However, Commonwealth Games Australia has strictly prohibited athletes from acknowledging these private payments in public media.
Gina Rinehart has offered Australian swimmers cash bonuses for breaking a world record or winning a medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP Gina Rinehart has offered Australian swimmers cash bonuses for breaking a world record or winning a medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP Commonwealth Games 2026 Australian swimmers banned from thanking Gina Rinehart for Commonwealth Games medal bonuses Swimmers to earn $30,000 per world record, $20,000 for a gold medal
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