Rinehart creates WA mega-miner Hancock Iron Ore

As Gina Rinehart announced the 3000-strong workforce of Roy Hill and the contractor-driven Atlas Iron would become a single entity, she couldn’t resist handing some advice to the government.

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O’Neil talks up slashing red tape on new home builds, puts pressure on States

Federal Housing Minister Clare O’Neil has declared it’s to hard to build a home in Australia and has outlined a new plan to push State and local governments to slash red tape.

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Renewables rollout on a collision course with green groups: study

Green activists will slow Australia’s clean energy rollout and jeopardise Labor’s broader climate goals unless governments consider changing the location of planned renewables zones to accommodate environmental and land rights concerns.

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‘CUT THE RED TAPE’: OECD TAKES DIM VIEW OF ECONOMY

Economists from the ‘big four’ banks have cut their growth expectations for the first quarter of this year ahead of official figures released on Wednesday.

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Australia on the brink of per capita recession amid ‘very concerning’ GDP figures

Australia is on the brink of sliding back into another per capita recession after new GDP figures showed “anaemic” growth in the March quarter.

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Western Australia Day: A Time to Remember, Recognise, and Reflect

Gina Rinehart Wishing all West Australians a very happy Western Australia Day.

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‘They can afford it’, Labor says of super tax, as Rich Listers take stock

Labor’s new Minister for Industry and Science Tim Ayres has told critics of the government’s super tax policy they can afford to manage the impact on their wealth, as some of Australia’s richest people including Gina Rinehart and Jack Cowin warned it will stymie investment.

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Figures show mining productivity is headed the wrong way under the Albanese government

The Minerals Council of Australia says the nation’s industrial relations laws and the rise of union power are incompatible with federal Labor’s new-found focus on productivity.

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Capital expenditure crash: it’s a distress signal from companies, Jim Chalmers warned

Jim Chalmers’ hopes of a recovery in the business sector have been dealt a blow after private investment recorded its biggest annual contraction since 2020, in a shock to economists.

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