Time to Review the Zone Tax Offset and Enable Regional Communities
It is hard to fathom that what is now the Zone Tax Offset (ZTO), originally established in 1945, has barely evolved in more than 70 years.
Labor’s War on the West
The Albanese Government is under fire from major businesses in the State for launching an assault on the resources sector on two fronts – flirting with the Greens who want a debilitating “climate trigger” as part of new environment laws, and emboldening unions in the Pilbara to take on BHP and demand massive bonuses for workers.
Land council chiefs to hold crisis meeting on Plibersek
Indigenous leaders from NSW’s network of 121 land councils are preparing to converge in the state’s central west to discuss the consequences of Tanya Plibersek’s intervention that halted the $1bn Blayney goldmine for cultural heritage reasons, a decision she made on advice from a small dissident group.
Miners accuse Albanese of KILLING THE GOLDEN GOOSE
Uproar over reckless attack on resources.
Gina Rinehart issues dire warning on why Australia could be headed straight for disaster – and calls for an Israeli-style ‘Iron Dome’ missile system for one specific part of the country
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.
Explosive letter buries Tanya Plibersek’s reasons for blocking $1bn Blayney goldmine
Claims of ancient camp ovens, possible burial sites and an initiation area near a proposed $1bn NSW goldmine were examined and dismissed as having “no authenticity” in a cultural audit overseen by the Indigenous elders representing the local land council, according to senior Wiradjuri adviser Roy Ah-See.
Red tape and bad policies: Gina Rinehart says govt restricts 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.
Hands off our GST
West Australian Treasurer Rita Saffioti’s defence of current GST arrangements will rile certain economists, but she raises a legitimate issue.
Refusal to consider new mines damaging
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek takes it upon herself to veto a proposed gold mine in regional NSW, ignoring the local land council which was in favour of it, because of unrelated, unofficial Indigenous leaders.
Editorial: Miners need a friend, not a foe, in Cabinet
To borrow a phrase from Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison, it’s the s…….t time for the nation to have a Resources Minister who is anything other than 100 per cent committed to keeping the industry strong.