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Billionaire Gina Rinehart issues a chilling warning to Australia in a bold address: ‘My blood boils over on this one’
Gina Rinehart has issued a grim warning that Aussies face huge price hikes and fresh food shortages unless the burden of climate change policies are lifted from farmers. During an address in Bali on Tuesday, the mining magnate made the ominous forecast to mark National Agriculture & Related Industries Day, of ...
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Gina Rinehart calls for petrol tax ‘Christmas bonus’ to get country moving again
Fuel excise cut "could happen from the first of December and then, if you must, put it back to usual after Christmas, the longer after Christmas, the better," Australia’s richest woman says.Australia’s richest woman has called on the government to give the nation a "Christmas bonus" in ...
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Gina Rinehart: Govt strangling of Australia’s world-leading mining, agriculture industries is creating a ‘nightmare’ scenario for our children
And, as has been reported widely, changing IR policy which will make it more difficult for agriculture, mining and many businesses to create the revenue our hugely in debt country needs. If this scenario is not changed, our youth should understand we are creating a nightmare for them - that ...
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Don’t forget how we got so lucky
Mrs Rinehart said governments "seem to forget" that "modern resources and agricultural industries underpin human flourishing", while reigniting her push for the Federal Government to mark two days in November as national days for the two sectors. "For all the platitudes we hear about supporting the agricultural and resources sectors, ...
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MEDIA RELEASE | Bannister Downs Dairy Wins Coveted 2024 People’s Choice Product of the Year
Bannister Downs Dairy is celebrating a milestone win, announced as Western Australia’s 2024 People’s Choice Product of the Year for its Farm Fresh Milk, at the 2024 WA Good Food Guide Awards held at the Fremantle Passenger Terminal. BANNISTER DOWNS DAIRY, a partnership between the Daubney Family and Australia’s ...
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Honour industries that transformed Australia
Australia has long been a nation of primary producers, of farmers and miners who go out into regional and outback areas and contend with whatever nature may throw at them to provide the food, fibre and raw materials that we need to survive and thrive. We have cultivated agriculture that ...
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Regulatory war via red tape on resources
Shadow resources minister Susan McDonald has accused the Federal Government of a “regulatory war” on oil and gas as red tape drags on more than $20 billion of investment. Writing in The West Australian on Wednesday, the Queensland Liberal-National senator claimed the Government was sacrificing the oil and gas industry — the ...
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Hancock Prospecting warns Closing Loopholes Bill could see mining move to countries with lower standards
“If increased regulatory burdens cause new mining projects to be delayed or cancelled, Australia will be unable to satisfy the rising iron ore demand created by net zero targets,” Hancock Prospecting chief executive of group operations Gerhard Veldsman said. Gina Rinehart has warned controversial industrial relations reforms could push mining ...
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RED TAPE GROWING FASTER THAN ECONOMY
Australia is struggling under the burden of red tape that is growing at nearly twice the rate of the national economy, leading to urgent calls for parliament to act to cut out-of-date regulations and ban new rules from being imposed without old ones being repealed.
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IR bill could smash economy
Until recently, debate over the Anthony Albanese’s Closing Loopholes legislation has largely ignored a factor that could smash the economy. Unless this is clarified, resources and energy operations could shut. Thousands of workers could be out of a job. Frankly, it is ludicrous to think the FWC, with only ...
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BHP says proposed labour laws threaten $3.2b Australian investment
The world’s largest mining group, BHP, says the government’s proposed same job, same pay policy could jeopardise $US2 billion ($3.2 billion) worth of investment it has planned for its local copper business. BHP chief executive Mike Henry told shareholders at its annual meeting in Adelaide on Wednesday morning that ...
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Australian mining red tape hurts its global investment case-Hancock
Australia’s slow pace of mining approvals is diminishing its attraction as a global investment destination, Hancock Prospecting, owned by Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart, said on Tuesday. "The current policy environment, duplication of processes, overreach from all departments and delays to approvals is negatively impacting new investment into ...
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Hancock tops profit list with iron haul
Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting mining giant has delivered the biggest profit for a locally owned private company this year, shipping record amounts of iron ore overseas.
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Wabtec and Roy Hill unveil the first FLXdrive battery locomotive
Wabtec Corporation and Hancock Prospecting subsidiary Roy Hill have celebrated the debut of the FLXdrive battery locomotive at a ceremony held at Wabtec’s design and development centre in Pennsylvania, US. The FLXdrive battery locomotive is the world’s first 100 per cent battery-powered, heavy-haul locomotive for a mainline service. It ...
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Wabtec and Roy Hill Unveil the First FLXdrive Battery Locomotive
Wabtec and its launch customer, a leading iron ore miner majority owned by Australia’s most successful private company, Hancock Prospecting, celebrated the debut of the FLXdrive battery locomotive, the world’s first 100% battery-powered, heavy-haul locomotive for mainline service. The ceremony unveiled the unique, striking pink-colored locomotive at Wabtec’s ...
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MEDIA RELEASE | Wabtec and Roy Hill Unveil the first FLXdrive Battery Locomotive
Wabtec and its launch customer Roy Hill, a leading iron ore miner majority owned by Australia’s most successful private company Hancock Prospecting, have celebrated the debut of the FLXdrive battery locomotive, the world’s first 100% battery-powered, heavy-haul locomotive for mainline service.
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A Champion of our Veterans
Few figures embody the essence of great Aussie values and respect for our military more than Mrs Gina Rinehart AO.
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FROM SERVICE TO SUCCESS: HANCOCK PROSPECTING’S VETERAN EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
In addition to its impressive corporate successes in the mining and agricultural industries, Hancock Prospecting group of companies are amongst those leading the way in supporting the men and women who have served and sacrificed for their country.
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WA leads the way in philanthropy
"We have many stories of families in our businesses who have, like so many others throughout West Australia, been a beneficiary of Telethon programs." Hancock Prospecting chief executive Garry Korte said: "To the brave kids and parents who show such strength in the face of adversity, Hancock Prospecting, HanRoy, Hancock ...
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