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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.
Read moreA bunch of drips
Bureaucrat bungling is the real reason we’re low on saline fluid.
Read moreBush 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.
Read moreNew 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.
Read moreRights agenda must be responsible
More bureaucrats are the problem in closing the gap, not the solution.
Read moreFend for your shelf
State’s biggest resources project left hanging for 749 days as Woodside waits for outcome of environmental appeal.
Read moreNo positives in it for us
Australian business heads to Canberra’s halls of power to unite against radical environmental law reforms.
Read moreRecord-breaking year for WA resources sector but ‘nature positive’ reforms threaten to derail growth and jobs
WA’s powerhouse resources sector pumped a record $77 billion into the State economy last year and accounted for one-fifth of company tax paid across the entire country.
Read moreBlind Freddie sees what governments cannot | The Spectator | Mrs Gina Rinehart AO
We need policies that help Australians. We need policies that make investment in our country worthwhile. If we have any interest in maintaining our living standards we should be doing what other countries do and roll out the red carpet for investment. Expensive government-funded trade trips and trade personnel located overseas are a waste of money unless governments cut the costs and delays caused by government red tape. And Blind Freddie can see that the forcing the overburdened taxpayer to fund lawfare does nothing to encourage investment.
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