Jacinta Allan and Gina Rinehart headline 2024 Bush Summit day two in Bendigo
Day two of the 2024 Bush Summit has featured addresses from Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan and mining magnate Gina Rinehart, as attendees tune in to discussions over the key issues facing Australia’s regional communities.
Without a shift, our goose will be cooked
We need a mindset change, and we need this quickly.
Plibersek’s mine ban lifts sovereign investment risk
By ignoring the views of the Orange Local Aboriginal Land Council and siding with green activists when deciding to veto a $1bn goldmine in central-west NSW, federal Environment and Water Minister Tanya Plibersek has cast aside the job prospects and economic wellbeing of local Indigenous people and Australia’s reputation among investors.
IV crisis as morphine supplies are now low
Supplies of several crucial medicines are running short around the nation, including morphine products vital to ease the suffering of palliative care patients, as some medical specialists reject claims by the nation’s health ministers that the shortage of IV fluids – which has thrown hospitals into chaos – is easing.
Coalition MPs press for zonal tax expansion
Liberal and National MPs are pressing Peter Dutton to expand tax breaks for regional and rural Australians in a bid to help ease the cost-of-living squeeze.
Tanya Plibersek’s gold mine veto will lead to sovereign risk and ‘hijack’ of Aboriginal Heritage Act, miners warn
Miners have warned of a new and unprecedented sovereign risk to resources investment in Australia after the Albanese government’s decision to effectively kill a $1bn goldmining project in NSW on contested Indigenous heritage grounds that have been challenged by a local Aboriginal land council.
Bush Summit: Regions put living costs top of their concerns list
Cost-of-living pressure is the most universal issue among regional Australians, who say reducing price increases for household bills and other essential expenses should be a government priority.
New climate reporting requirements will make exports uncompetitive, says National Farmers Federation
Farmers say their exports will become less competitive if Labor refuses to carve agriculture out of a key plank of its climate policy, raising pressure on Jim Chalmers to overhaul a mandatory requirement for companies to disclose climate risks.