A planning expert has slammed Senator Murray Watt’s refusal to release solar farm assessment documents as ‘farcical’, as his office claims it could damage relations with Victoria.
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Gina Rinehart urges ‘woke’ companies to ‘stand up for Australia Day’ and let workers celebrate
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has reignited the Australia Day debate by urging businesses and their workers to ‘stand up for our country’ and celebrate the national public holiday.
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We’re for welcoming, appreciating, and thanking those who have served in the defence of our great nation.
Read moreBlue states blow nothing but hot air on wind-power boondoggles
Your electricity bill reveals a stark political divide: Red-state residents pay less, while blue states gouge their citizens and businesses with exorbitant electric rates.
Read moreEUROPE TAKES U-TURN ON COMBUSTION-ENGINE BAN
The EU has proposed watering down rules that would have effectively banned the sale of new combustion-engine cars in the bloc from 2035, after heavy pressure from the car industry.
Read moreDEMAND FOR COAL REACHES NEW HIGH
Global coal demand is set to hit an all-time record in 2025, bucking forecasts that the fossil fuel had plateaued, with Australian exporters including BHP failing to cash in due to high costs, regulatory hurdles and a stoush over royalties.
Read moreALP RISKS CEDING MINING EDGE
BHP rising star Brandon Craig has warned Labor it needs to reconsider how policy settings are calibrated, including around emissions and climate targets, or risk being left behind by governments hungrier for mining investment.
Read moreMINER PUTS MINISTER’S $1BN REASONING ON TRIAL
Tanya Plibersek’s acceptance of a blue banded bee Dreaming story as central evidence for blocking the $1bn Blayney mine without independent scrutiny “lacked any rational basis” and its justification was contradicted by the department’s own evidence, says mining giant Regis Resources.
Read moreTaxpayer-funded family junkets are a step too far
No holiday but PM poured the beers – a fish rots from the head
Read moreSecret bee business: judge rules Indigenous law trumps open justice
An extraordinary court order burying key evidence from former environment minister Tanya Plibersek’s decision to block development of the $1bn Blayney gold mine was made to protect cultural sensitivities and uphold Indigenous traditional law.
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