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“I congratulate our iron ore sector for its strength, reliability and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic, and for its continued support of Australia’s economy,” Minister Pitt said.

“These changes will transform the NAIF to make it a more proactive investor in projects that will generate economic activity and job creation,”

“Australia’s minerals industry paid record taxes and royalties to federal, state and territory governments in 2019-20 even as the COVID-19 pandemic started to push the economy into recession,”

The mining industry exceeded government expectations in its tax receipts, accounting for 30 per cent of company tax collections, which is forecast to reach $100.5 billion by 2024-25.

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Accenture Managing Director Andrew Charlton says a recent surge in iron ore prices is a “get out of jail free card” for Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg.

Booming iron ore exports are supercharging Australia’s pandemic recovery, helping to deliver the Federal Government a company tax windfall this year that’s almost $9 billion higher than forecast.

Now, one commodity is almost single-handedly keeping the trade relationship afloat: iron ore.

Australia’s Budget bottom line is recovering faster than expected, driven largely by the strength of WA’s iron ore sector, with analysts now suggesting it could be back in surplus within four years.

IRON ORE PASSES RECORD $200/T Article by Sean Smith courtesy of The West Australian. Iron ore and copper have burst into uncharted territory amid a commodities boom that has fuelled expectations of

Article by Patrick Commins & Geoff Chambers courtesy of the Australian.   Booming iron ore exports triggered a windfall corporate tax take over the March quarter, pushing commonwealth revenues higher than a