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“We have a duty:” Hockey joins Woodside call for more gas, as Queensland vows to extend coal
Australia must cut the “red and green tape” around gas projects and allow more exploratory drilling to secure the nation’s energy and exports, a conference has been told, despite an election result endorsing a move to renewable energy.

Power bills jump up to 9 per cent amid concern over green transition
Electricity prices are set to rise by between 1-9pc, the energy regulator says, with NSW worst hit. Mark Butler is adamant there will be no taxpayer-funded bailout for the collapsed private hospitals operator owned by an overseas private equity firm.

Australia limiting its role as a global energy superpower
When it comes to resources, Australia is the Saudi Arabia of the southern hemisphere.

‘Taken for a ride’: Miners round on broke shire’s rate hike
Coolgardie mining rate rise denounced by Rio Tinto and MinRes, AMEC warns the problem isn’t isolated

BHP chops 100 local jobs, joining rival Rio Tinto in iron ore axings
WA’s most profitable iron ore miner, BHP, trimmed down its local headcount by about 100 last week.

AEP report details gas market intervention’s effect on investment, calls for policy reset
The Albanese government’s intervention in the gas market in 2022 is directly responsible for Australia’s appeal for investment falling substantially in recent years, a new report says.

Hancock Prospecting Executive Chairman visiting Argentina
Executive Chairman of Hancock Prospecting, Mrs Gina Rinehart AO, together with a team including Executive Director Tad Watroba, attended Arminera 2025.

Roger Cook reminds Prime Minister Anthony Albanese that lifestyle Aussies enjoy is built on WA’s resources
Premier Roger Cook has given Anthony Albanese another not-so-subtle message that WA’s multibillion-dollar mining and resource industry isn’t just good for his State, but driving the nation — just days out from a long-awaited decision on whether the North West Shelf project extension gets Federal approval.

Detonating the H-Bomb
The green hydrogen fiasco exposes the fatal flaws in Australia’s Net-Zero-2050 assumptions

Snowy Hydro workers threaten second 24-hour strike
The trouble-plagued government-owned $12bn hydro project will grind to a halt again next week.

Celebrating Excellence: Winners Announced at GRX25 Industry Leaders & Awards Dinner
Australia’s most innovative and forward-thinking mining industry companies and individuals were celebrated last night at the GRX25 Industry Leaders & Awards Dinner, held at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre.

Geological Survey of Finland – Bulletin 416 Special Issue
Estimation of the quantity of metals to phase out fossil fuels in a full system replacement, compared to mineral resources.