Debt and red tape cripple industry and wealth creation

Our national debt is projected by Treasury to exceed $1 trillion this year. We are all responsible for the interest on that debt and the Treasurer admits there will be deficits and increasing debt well into the future. Is this a legacy we wish to leave our children? Most of the states are on a similar dangerous trajectory.

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Junior miners are vital

The Albanese Government’s failure to adequately think through possible consequences of its Budget has left significant problems unresolved. One of those revolves around the future of mineral exploration.

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Nation ‘at risk of losing mining edge’

Former NSW premier and now senior BHP executive Dominic Perrottet has warned Australia’s critical mineral industry that countries such as Argentina are becoming increasingly attractive for an Australian company such as BHP to invest in.

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Downbeat Deloitte’s dire outlook

Australia is set for its longest stretch of sub-par economic growth since the global recession of the early 1990s, weighed down by weak consumer and business confidence, high interest rates and resurgent inflation, one of the world’s largest consulting giants predicts.

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