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West Coast Fever players teamed up with Netball WA’s charity, Shooting Stars, to share impacts of the Program and the importance of positive role models for Indigenous girls, through a series of inspirational TV advertisements and video stories.
As Premier Partner of Shooting Stars, the Gold Industry Group is proud to help the Program create strong, powerful, and confident women by using netball and other tools as vehicles to drive greater engagement and attendance at school.
In its sixteenth year, the 2020 NAIDOC Netball Carnival cemented itself as one of the largest Indigenous sporting events in Australia, with more than 100 teams coming together at the Gold Netball Centre on Sunday 15 November.
Supported by Principal Partner of Netball WA, the Gold Industry Group (GIG), the Carnival saw more than 2,500 netballers and their families take part, with teams travelling from across the State to proudly represent their communities.
The Gold Industry Group Western Australian Netball League (GIG WANL) 2020 season came to a thrilling end on Friday 16 October at the Gold Netball Centre in front of a full-capacity crowd.
Following the matches, all winners, officials and umpires received commemorative gold medallions for their outstanding achievements and contributions, courtesy of Gold Industry Group member The Perth Mint.
Gold shone bright at this year’s Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum as 1,900 delegates converged in Kalgoorlie, marking its first time without visitors from overseas and interstate.
Relive the golden highlights from the 29th year of the Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum.
The Gold Industry Group (GIG) collaborated with Gold Fields, LIVIN, Australian Earth Science Education and Netball WA, to bring viewers a glimpse of the industry’s commitment to community to life through a captivating new TV advertisement and connecting video stories.
The 15 second and 30 second That’s Gold television commercials are airing on Australia’s Channel 9 throughout September.
The Gold Industry Group and Netball WA continue to join forces on providing exceptional educational pathways for women, with applications now open for the next round of the 2020 scholarship to assist student netballers in the pursuit of a career in Australia’s gold mining industry.
In 2020, the theme for National Reconciliation Week in Australia is #InThisTogether, and it is with this same spirit the Gold Industry Group is proud to work side by side with netball across Western Australia to improve the lives of Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders across the State.
Through various programs and initiatives of Netball WA, West Coast Fever and Shooting Stars, we are driving generational change and equality for female leaders.
Newcrest Mining Limited has joined the effort to boost Australian manufacturing and tackle COVID-19, by contributing A$200,000 to the production of a new low-cost Australian-made ventilator.
The OzVader ventilator prototype, which has been developed by Australian company Olitek, is in the final stages of performance and validation testing. Olitek is seeking Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration exemption to manufacture and supply the ventilator.
Newcrest Mining Limited has announced a A$1 million contribution to support cutting edge COVID-19 vaccine research in partnership with the University of Queensland (‘UQ’).
The funding has been made by Newcrest as part of its recently launched A$20 million Community Support Fund and will be specifically deployed to support UQ’s ground-breaking ‘molecular clamp’ technique to develop a vaccine for COVID-19.
Two Shooting Stars’ participants and trainees are celebrating this month, after successfully completing their Certificate III in Sport and Recreation whilst living and working in their own regional Western Australian communities.
As Shooting Stars’ Premier Partner, the Gold Industry Group has been working with the charity to improve the lives of indigenous girls in WA since announcing their landmark agreement with netball in April 2019.
As Australia’s gold industry continues to operate and safely support its workforce, gold producers and contractors are seeking Australians to fulfil a range of roles, ensuring the essential resource is assisting our economy, people and nation.
Keeping Australia's gold industry running ensures the precious metal not only supports our economy and people during these times of hardship but is available for essential uses in our everyday lives.
Newcrest Mining Limited has established a global A$20 million Community Support Fund to provide financial assistance to its host communities to help them face the challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Australia, a portion of the fund will be directed to the Orange, Blayney and Cabonne regions in New South Wales and the Telfer region in Western Australia.
Gold miners have joined with the resources sector in Western Australia to donate more than $9 million to the Royal Flying Doctors Service, Foodbank and Lifeline.
The COVID-19 Community Support Initiative set up by the CMEWA, has so far received much needed funds from Gold Industry Group members AngloGold Ashanti Australia, Gold Fields, Gold Road Resources, Newcrest Mining, Newmont Australia, Northern Star Resources, Ramelius Resources, Regis Resources and Saracen Mineral Holdings.
West Coast Fever is set to make history in Kalgoorlie-Boulder next week marking the first time the Club will play pre-season games in the area, through the combined support of the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, the State Government, and Principal Partner the Gold Industry Group.
Fever will go head to head with Giants Netball in two matches on 7 and 8 March at the Goldfields Oasis Recreation Centre.
Participants at Shooting Stars’ Laverton site are now the proud owners of their unique team name and dress design, that incorporates indigenous elements to communicate a bright future.
As Shooting Stars’ Premier Partner, the Gold Industry Group were delighted to witness the program’s expansion in the Western Australian Goldfields region last year, with the launch of the Laverton site, following a successful trial.
The GIG's National Gold Education Program is now live across four states, inspiring the next generation of industry leaders through free, interactive gold demonstrations by industry workers and the provision of unique classroom resources to engage and excite primary and secondary students about the nation's diverse gold sector.
Incorporating STEM learning through hands-on activities that replicate common-place scenarios within the gold sector, provides students with a unique opportunity to interact with gold industry workers and discover the diverse range of careers on offer.
The Gold Industry Group’s popular Women in Gold Great Diversity Debate hit the road this year, expanding from its original host city of Perth to both Sydney and Melbourne, with a diverse panel of 12 speakers and hundreds of guests from across the nation joining the #womeningold19 conversation.
Since the GIG’s inaugural event in 2016, the debate has quickly become one of the most influential diversity events on Australia’s mining calendar, this year amplifying the topic three-fold crossing three States.
The inaugural Gold Industry Group Leadership Camps saw Netball WA’s Aboriginal All Stars and Tier 1 Associations immersed into an elite sporting environment, with a focus on developing leadership qualities, promoting health and well being, and building netball skills.
Held over the same weekend as the Constellation Cup, the camps provided an optimal opportunity for the next generation of Western Australia’s netball leaders to learn from the best.
A significant new symbol of the ever-growing and closer relationships between Newcrest Mining and the Martu people was celebrated at the company’s Telfer gold mine, with the official opening of the Kevin Fred Room.
Named after Martu elder Kevin Fred, it is the first of any building at Telfer named to honour an individual, and recognises the 16-year period in which Kevin worked tirelessly to strengthen relationships and trust between Newcrest and the Martu people.
The Gold Industry Group West Australian Netball League (GIG WANL) celebrated the best performers for the season on Saturday night, with the presentation of the prestigious 2019 Jill McIntosh Medal.
The Gold Industry Group joined coaches, players, administrators, umpires, officials and volunteers from across the State on Saturday evening, as the votes were counted from every 2019 GIG WANL game to crown Donnell Wallam as this year’s medallist.
