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Farmers can’t afford net zero, says Rinehart
“It’s going to cost a fortune that farmers and pastoralists don’t have, without a mining company in their back pocket. They just don’t Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, says farmers and the agriculture sector cannot afford the transition to net zero and governments should step in ...
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Roy Hill sets up chatbot to help lift productivity
West Australian mining company Roy Hill has developed its own internal chatbot to give its employees better insights about the company’s functions and to increase their personal productivity. The program was developed after executive chairman Gina Rinehart put out a challenge 18 months ago for the leaders of WA mining ...
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Bush Summit: Wind farms facing revolt from farmers
Governments and wind farm developers could face stiff opposition from farmers amid growing concern that large-scale projects could change the landscape for the worse, former Northern Territory chief minister Adam Giles says. Mr Giles – now the chief executive of Gina Rinehart’s two key farming businesses, Hancock Agriculture and S. ...
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Most farmers ‘cannot afford net zero’: Gina Rinehart
Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart has addressed The Australian Bush Summit in Perth, saying that most farmers are unable to afford net zero. “With the consequences, Aussies and the towns will see huge food price increases and fresh food shortages, this is the maths that has to be brought in too,” ...
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Bush Summit live: Mrs Gina Rinehart AO
Reporting of key elements of Mrs Gina Rinehart AO addressing the 2023 Bush Summit.
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SPECIAL REPORT | Bush Summit can bring policy energy, writes Gina Rinehart
Economically we increasingly struggle, given government policies which are not conducive to attracting investment – investment necessary to keep us internationally competitive, and to maintain our living standards, and to help combat welfare dependency in rural and remote regions. As I look across the vastness from our agricultural properties in the ...
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The Daily Telegraph Bush Summit 2023: Adam Giles, Chief Executive Officer, Hancock Agriculture and S. Kidman & Co
The National Bush Summit invites community leaders, policy-makers and politicians to discuss challenges facing rural and regional communities. These groups will come together to propose practical solutions that opens new opportunities and improve services in regional Australia, as well as celebrate local success.
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Bush Summit can bring policy energy | Gina Rinehart AO | The Australian
News Corp’s Bush Summit presents a welcome and much-needed opportunity to bring about focus on all the good things, the challenges and the opportunities that encompass regional Australia. With my family’s pioneering and agricultural background in regional and remote Australia going back to the mid-1800s in the ...
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Mining sector delivers billions to Australia
The mining industry has contributed a record $455 billion in export revenue for Australia during the 2022–23 financial year, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) said the record result highlights the importance of the mining industry to the country’s economy, government revenues and ...
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2GB Ben Fordham Live | How Gina Rinehart helped Kaylee McKeown
She’s an Olympic swimming champion. She’s also just won 3 gold medals at the World Championships. But Kaylee McKeown has lifted the lid on who’s paying the bills…
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‘Mind-blowing’: Gina Rinehart donates $60 million to Australian sports
Gina Rinehart has donated $60 million to Australian Olympians, athletes and swimmers. “Mind-blowing amount of money there,” Sky News host Rowan Dean said.
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Gina’s gold revelation $60m Olympic gift best in world
Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart has donated more than $60 million to Australian Olympians over the past decade, new figures reveal. The mining magnate and current Western Australian of the Year, whose net worth is estimated to be close to $40 billion, began supporting Australian athletes after the swim team won ...
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REVEALED: Gina Rinehart has tipped in more than $60million for Olympic athletes as netballers who shunned the mining magnate’s riches prepare for civil war over pay after World Cup
Rinehart's contributions make her the largest individual benefactor of the Australian athletes and she deals with them directly because of her passion for Aussie Olympians. 'The great effort and sacrifices these young athletes make to compete at the world's top level is truly inspiring,' Rinehart wrote in her News ...
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Aboriginal cultural heritage law changes to be scrapped after overwhelming pressure on Cook Government
The controversial overhaul of WA’s Aboriginal heritage laws will be scrapped completely in a stunning development just one month after the changes came into effect. Facing a wave of anger and anxiety — particularly among the State’s farming community — Premier Roger Cook and Aboriginal Affairs Minister Tony Buti are ...
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Swimming world champ Kaylee McKeown reveals why she wouldn’t be in the sport if it wasn’t for Gina Rinehart – and opens up on her clash with teammate Cate Campbell
McKeown, 22, won the women's 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke at the recent World Championships in Japan - and acknowledged that without funding from Rinehart, her glittering career in the pool would never have happened. 'She [Rinehart] is my life support, without her funding many of us wouldn't be in the ...
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MINING BOOM IN CULTURAL EXPERTS
An advertisement for a heritage principal at Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting says the position is needed to “ensure compliance with the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021”. It says the successful applicant will “provide project specific and general advice to business regarding new ACHA 2021 requirements and guidelines including drafting reports, memos, ...
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GROUND ZERO FOR HERITAGE HELL
While stressing he was “100 per cent supportive of the notion of protecting and preserving Aboriginal culture” , Mr van Kann said he felt the regime enacted by the Cook Government was “completely back to front” . “Surely we can protect heritage by the Government researching and publishing any area that is affected ...
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CRISIS MEETINGS HELD WITH NATIONALS LEADER
“We need to make sure Western Australians know that we can educate East Coast politicians, and we can block this in the Senate, (because) it will require legislation under the Act. “That’s why it’s important that we don’t give up, that we don’t just think ‘this ...
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NO REST FOR AUSSIE ACES WITH PARIS OLYMPICS ONLY A YEAR AWAY
The celebrations never last long in swimming. Given a night off to party hard in Japan after dominating the world championships, Australia’s swimmers were also given a reminder that the hard work will start all over again once they get home. After finishing the championships as the number one ...
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