COOK MUST ADVOCATE FOR WA AGAINST JOB-WRECKING IR REFORM

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.

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Resources jobs at record high despite battery metals carnage and gold reclaims lithium’s crown

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.

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Nuclear Incentive Plan OK: O’Brien

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.

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‘McPhillamys mess can never be repeated’

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.

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Atlas Iron defers Ridley investment call as ‘onerous’ approvals slow Gina Rinehart’s foray into magnetite

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.

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22 October 2024

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Private sector funds care economy

Reforms of IR, tax, energy and red and green tape would lift growth.

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Secret business is for the bees

Earlier this week Ms Plibersek cited a mural on a post office in Bathurst as proof of the existence of the blue-banded bee Dreaming story, one of the central reasons she killed the Blayney goldmine proposal, despite evidence from the local land council that the story is not Wiradjuri tradition.

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Google searches for power to drive AI, settles on Nuclear

Startup Kairos Power plans to build small reactors to help supply electricity to the tech company’s data centers, in first-of-its-kind deal in U.S.

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How Plibersek Stung Goldmine Plan

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has cited a mural on a central NSW post office as proof of the existence of the blue-­banded bee dreaming story, one of the central reasons she killed the Blayney goldmine proposal despite evidence from the local land council that the story is not ­Wiradjuri tradition.

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