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Front-row seat to victory

Roy Hill rowers will have a powerful reminder of who they are rowing for when they take on this year's Corporate Cup Regatta.

Long-awaited McPhee mine gets green light

Gina Rinehart’s Atlas Iron has been given final approval by the Federal Government to build an iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting secures permit for McPhee iron ore mine

Hancock Prospecting, owned by Australian mining tycoon Gina Rinehart, has received final approval from the Federal Government to develop a new iron ore mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.

Labor ‘digging us into a hole’: $131bn resources project pipeline ‘at risk’

Environmental lawfare, unproductive workplace policies and red tape are threatening a predicted $131bn wave of resources and energy projects, employers have warned, as mining unions demand yearly $10,000 retention bonuses for BHP’s Pilbara workforce on top of annual 5 per cent pay rises.

Projects worth $131b at risk from Labor reforms, warns Australian Resources and Energy Employer Association

Labor’s contentious environmental and workplace reforms are jeopardising a projected pipeline of more than 100 mining and energy projects worth $131 billion, warns Australian Resources and Energy Employer Association boss Steve Knott.

Rinehart: Red tape forcing nation’s top miners offshore

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart says Australia should be rolling out the red carpet for resources companies but instead red tape is forcing them offshore.

The Australian Bush Summit Port Hedland

Economic wisdom from the Bush Summit coalface

The Bush Summit is a vital forum to get a sense of how those in the productive engine of Australia can feel short-changed and overlooked in the decisions taken in Canberra and the major centres.

Fresh off the screen, it’s ‘a gold medal and nothing less’ for Australia’s Steelers

Chris Bond is ready to show Australia what he and his teammates are made of.

Without a shift, our goose will be cooked

We need a mindset change, and we need this quickly.

Day 1 Medal Tally

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EDITORIAL: Nature Positive laws will sacrifice the economy for political zealots’ green doctrine

The letter sent to the Prime Minister, bypassing his Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek, was signed by seven of Australia’s biggest names in business, including Rio Tinto’s iron ore boss Simon Trott and Hancock Prospecting chief executive Garry Korte.

Nature Positive laws: Mining heavyweights urge PM to intervene on controversial environmental plan

Hancock Prospecting chief executive Garry Korte and Rio Tinto iron ore boss Simon Trott were among seven signatories to a letter to Mr Albanese detailing “serious concerns” with the planned shakeup of environmental laws and the closed-door consultation process used to design it.

‘Australian swimming is about to have a reality check’

One of the country’s longest-serving swimming administrators claims Australia could endure a devastating home 2032 Brisbane Olympics and Paralympics if the Queensland and federal governments continue to neglect the sport’s grassroots.

Nature Positive: Federal EPA will be unaccountable, secretive and expensive, says Institute of Public Affairs

Labor’s proposed Federal nature watchdog risks being an expensive, bloated bureaucracy that is unaccountable and highly secretive, a conservative think tank has warned.

Miners worried about ‘ever-present threat’ of climate trigger being added to environment laws

A climate trigger is looming as an “ever-present threat” that is stifling industry confidence as the Government revamps environmental laws, the nation’s peak mining body has warned.

THE GOLD STANDARD

Australia’s most successful swim team has closed out the world championships in Fukuoka, Japan, in style to finish top of the medals table with a record haul that may never be beaten. After eight days of intense competition, the Dolphins proved themselves to be the best swim team on the planet – collecting 13 gold, seven silver and five bronze medals for a staggering total of 25As far as Australia’s head coach Rohan Taylor was concerned, the Aussies were the best.

AUSSIES COP GOLDEN SNUB

“We (Australia) have always looked at, and I was brought up by the Don Talbot era, that gold medals were the most important. So from our perspective , we were the best performed team on the gold medal count. “And when you look at the website and you look at the medal tally, we sit on top of that. That is how I feel. But I’m not taking anything away from the US and they won the award based on the criteria that was there.”

FARMERS FEAR LEGISLATION COULD SEND THEM BROKE

Farmers are worried they could go bankrupt or be sent to jail for falling foul of contentious new Aboriginal cultural heritage laws, a fiery South West community forum has heard. Another issue that emerged as a flashpoint for Waroona landholders at the packed-out Monday town hall meeting is the high cost of commissioning surveys and a 20-fold increase in the maximum penalty for breaking the rules — as well as the additional prospect of jail. “What I would like to know is why our property rights are being eroded? And I would like to know why, if this is so important to the country or the State, the State Government is not paying?”

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