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Mining Sector’s Whopper Tax Bill
WA’s miners and fuel producers pull more than 50 times their weight when it comes to paying tax, according to a key lobby group for the sector.

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock pumps $72m into Lumitron’s US imaging technology for cancer detection and mining
Mining and pastoralist billionaire Gina Rinehart is deploying more than $70 million into revolutionary imaging technology that can detect not just cancer but contaminants in iron ore.

Woodside warns Gippsland gas project is at risk over Albanese government’s reservation plan
Woodside Energy’s lucrative gas drilling project hangs in the balance until there is clarity around the Albanese government’s domestic gas reservation scheme.

Snowy 2.0 union deal set to trigger $1 trillion network charge for Australians
Australians were shocked when the budget triggered a big fall in dwelling prices, a credit squeeze and employment cut backs.

Regional industries speak up to defend jobs and national resilience
Joint statement by the Fuel Tax Credit Alliance

Renewables drag down productivity
Australia’s falling productivity levels have been driven down by the replacement of coal-fired power plants with billions of dollars in renewable energy projects, the Productivity Commission has declared, as it warns governments should to make only the most efficient, cost-effective investments.

Origin Energy warns new government gas plan could create a market glut
Origin Energy warns new government gas plan could create a market glut


Leadership Matters: Chevron Australia boss warns company ‘confused and frustrated’ by gas reservation battle
Chevron’s American head office is ‘confused and frustrated’ about a proposed national gas reservation scheme.

Domestic gas reservation policy threat
The Federal Government’s gas reservation policy framework has put the Santos GLNG operation “in the crosshairs”, according to a leading industry analyst.

Shares in BHP, Rio Tinto, Fortescue and MinRes tumble on surging Simandou shipments
The big four ASX-listed iron ore stocks collectively lost about $16 billion on Thursday after the “Pilbara killer” mine in Africa beat expectations.

Iron ore giants start to feel the heat of higher exports from ‘Pilbara killer’ Simandou mine in Guinea
Surging exports from the giant “Pilbara killer” iron ore mine in Guinea have spooked investors in WA’s powerhouse producers of the steel-making ingredient