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Hancock Prospecting has marked Australian National Flag Day, celebrating 125 years since the flag was first flown and honouring the heritage, values and national pride it represents.

Joint venture to supply 20pc of domestic demand.

Australia has missed out on a huge amount of investment thanks to “increasingly hostile” government policies that have forced the resources sector into “decline”, new research claims.

Anthony Albanese has recruited an army of bureaucrats dedicated to red tape and enforcement while going slow on deploying artificial intelligence despite flatlining productivity, as the Labor government dramatically increases the number of permanent public service staff.

Instead of spending $4.2m entertaining environmental activists in Fiji in October, Energy Minister Chris Bowen should take them to Australia’s high country where they would be introduced to the real world.

Lynas Rare Earths has posted its highest quarterly revenue in nearly four years, with sales for the fourth quarter (Q4) of the 2025-26 financial year (FY26) hitting $288.9 million, up 70 per cent year-on-year, on record rare earth prices and strong demand for supply outside China.

The Northern Territory is poised at the edge of a resources boom but the opportunity will pass by without dedicated efforts to make it happen, according to industry leaders.

Why does the Northern Territory remain reliant on federal taxpayer funding, and given the record and increasing government debt, combined with the lack of importance for territory votes that federal parties outside the territory have, how long can it rely on the extent of such taxpayer funding?

Santos has taken aim at Chris Bowen’s domestic gas reservation scheme for deliberately causing harm to its GLNG export venture, while also kneecapping its $4bn Narrabri gas field development in NSW.

BHP has turned to Australia’s industrial relations umpire for help as it tries to avert strike action on Thursday by a coalition of unions aiming to halt iron ore shipments from Port Hedland in Western Australia.

According to the latest government data, Australian mining pays more taxes and royalties than any other industry.

The Albanese Government’s failure to adequately think through possible consequences of its Budget has left significant problems unresolved. One of those revolves around the future of mineral exploration.