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Gina Rinehart rips into threat endangering Aussie living standards: ‘This is serious’

Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart has once again ripped into government bureaucracy as endangering the living standards of Australians, despite the approval of her newest iron ore mine.

Labor gives Rinehart’s $600m McPhee mine the go-ahead

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has received the green light from the federal government for the development of a major West Australian iron ore mine after years of environmental and regulatory delays.

Titan seals pivotal US$120m Ecuador copper deal with Hancock

Titan Minerals has sealed a US$120 million (AU$180 million) deal with a subsidiary of Western Australian mining giant Hancock Prospecting, which is spending big to earn up to 80 per cent of the company’s Linderos copper play in Ecuador.

After lengthy delays, Rinehart’s $600m McPhee iron ore mine gets green light

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has received the final go-ahead for its long-delayed $600m McPhee mine in West Australia but the billionaire has blasted government policies that make resources projects more expensive and uncertain.

‘Attacking the mining golden geese’: Rinehart fires warning shot at government over ‘tape’

Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart has used the approval of her latest iron ore project to launch another blistering tirade in her war against “government tape”, warning it could stymie investment and compromise living standards.

Gina Rinehart’s $600m McPhee iron mine in the Pilbara gets federal approval after years of delays

The Albanese Government has finally signed off on a plan for Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting to build an iron ore mine in the Pilbara that will create 800 jobs.

Hancock’s McPhee project approved

Gina Rinehart has warned against policies that attack Australia’s “mining golden geese”, after Hancock Prospecting was awarded long awaited approvals for its McPhee iron ore project.

Business Council of Australia boss unleashes on Anthony Albanese over Labor’s new industrial relations laws: ‘Steps backwards’

Business Council of Australia (BCA) chief executive Bran Black is set to tell Mr Albanese in a speech on Tuesday night that leaders of many major companies 'feel we are losing our way' economically under Labor.

Tax and debt time bomb will hurt young Aussies, BCA chief warns

Labor and the Coalition are consigning younger generations to a future of higher taxes, ballooning government debt and poorer living standards, Business Council of Australia chief executive Bran Black will warn.

Chief executives in full voice with shirtfront for Anthony Albanese

Chief executives of the nation’s biggest companies are warning Australia is “losing our way” and taking “steps backwards” under Labor, with the Business Council of Australia taking a shot at Anthony Albanese for accusing disgruntled employers of “talking Australia down”.

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.

Dutton to take axe to green groups, turbocharge mining

By slashing the power and influence of environmental groups to challenge mining proposals if he wins government, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has anointed himself the resource sector’s best friend.

I’ll be the best friend you ever had, Peter Dutton promises miners

Peter Dutton wants to fast-track more than 420 mining and energy projects if the Coalition wins government. Resources Minister Madeleine King will tell miners there is no time to lose to meet demand for materials for weapons and renewables.

Gina Rinehart issues dire warning on why Australia could be headed straight for disaster

Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart has called for Israeli-style Iron Dome missile defence systems to protect the country's mining assets in the nation's north because of their crucial economic role.

’We haven’t given up’: Coalition remains hopeful after poll show Australians split 50-50

A shock new poll has revealed Labor and the Coalition are neck and neck for the first time in two years – with one Coalition leader making a bold call.

Korean War Memorial Amphitheatre – Opening Ceremony

The Korean War Memorial Amphitheatre Opening Ceremony was held in Kings Park, West Australia, today.

Bush Summit: Fossil-fuel approach ‘foolhardy’, says Gina Rinehart

Billionaire Gina Rinehart has raised concerns over the ability of renewable energy to replace baseload coal and gas, saying “humungous” spending will be needed on solar and wind as Australia’s electricity grid faces an uncertain path to green power.

Rinehart calls for Pilbara iron dome

Gina Rinehart wants an Israel-style iron dome protecting the Pilbara’s multi-billion-dollar resources assets from foreign attacks.

Rinehart calls out red tape and ‘bad policies’ being piled on farmers

Agriculture and mining magnate Gina Rinehart has raised concerns about the growing tangle of red tape and bad government policies being piled on farmers and pastoralists.

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