Business leaders are reviving calls for Anthony Albanese to lower the corporate tax rate, warning Australian businesses will be increasingly uncompetitive under Donald Trump’s plans to slash company taxes in the United States to 15 per cent.
Mining conglomerate Regis Resources will take Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to the Federal Court over her decision to heritage-list part of the $1bn Blayney gold mine site on the advice of a rebel Indigenous group.
One woman was weeping, people were hugging, some dancing to the periodic bursts of Trump’s trademark favourite by YMCA over the sound system; most were whooping and cheering.
Hancock Prospecting’s recent acquisition of the Lockyer/North Erregulla gas project and itsformation of new exploration ventures marks a signifi cant shift in Western Australia’sonshore energy sector.
Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart has snared a $2.8bn payday in the latest bumper dividend from her flagship iron ore operations as she warns Australia is at risk of falling behind other mining jurisdictions due to poor policy settings.
Grinding conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East show no signs of ending. China’s growth — for so long the driver of WA’s economic success — has slowed. Despite those challenges, the global energy transition continues at pace.
The State Government has touted another year of strong jobs growth in the mining sector, despite the State’s lifeblood industry copping a $16 billion fall in overall mineral and petroleum sales for the year.
Opposition energy spokesman Ted O’Brien says business leader Ryan Stokes is right in suggesting communities earmarked to host nuclear power plants must be offered lucrative incentives.
The boss of a $10 billion gold major has demanded legislative changes to stop a repeat of the now infamous McPhillamys mine snub, or risk tarnishing Australia as a mining destination.
Hancock Prospecting has deferred part of its plans to tap into the WA magnetite market and delayed a final investment decision on its proposed Ridley mine, pinning the move on approvals uncertainty and water supply.