17 Sep 2024
Chief executives in full voice with shirtfront for Anthony Albanese
Chief executives of the nation’s biggest companies are warning Australia is “losing our way” and taking “steps backwards” under Labor, with the Business Council of Australia taking a shot at Anthony Albanese for accusing disgruntled employers of “talking Australia down”.
16 Sep 2024
Editorial: Greens deals risk our economic security
At the last election, just one in eight Australians voted for the Greens.
While their 12.5 per cent was a high point, it is worth highlighting that 87.5 per cent of Australians did not support the radical left party.
16 Sep 2024
Greens, Teals plan to see Qld gas royalties run dry
Billions of dollars in gas royalties funnelled into Queensland government coffers would dry up in a decade under a Greens and Teal proposal to ban new development, new modelling for the sector reveals.
06 Sep 2024
Farmers slam call to create huge forest to reduce emissions
Australia may need to convert an area the size of Belgium into forest to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, according to a Climate Change Authority report that has sparked fierce criticism from farmers, who say it would harm food production.
05 Sep 2024
Sea snake’s endangered declaration sparks call to halt Woodside Energy’s Browse gas project
A little-known species of sea snake is shaping as the latest threat to Woodside Energy’s $US20bn ($29.7bn) Browse gas project, with Tanya Plibersek’s own department calling for an “urgent review” of Browse and other Timor Sea energy projects after the dusky sea snake was formally declared endangered.
03 Sep 2024
Strike makes Perth Basin gas discovery
Perth Basin producer Strike Energy has made two new discoveries during drilling at its Erregulla Deep-1 well, intercepting gas at depths never previously encountered in the region.
02 Sep 2024
Bush Summit: Fossil-fuel approach ‘foolhardy’, says Gina Rinehart
Billionaire Gina Rinehart has raised concerns over the ability of renewable energy to replace baseload coal and gas, saying “humungous” spending will be needed on solar and wind as Australia’s electricity grid faces an uncertain path to green power.
02 Sep 2024
Rinehart calls for Pilbara iron dome
Gina Rinehart wants an Israel-style iron dome protecting the Pilbara’s multi-billion-dollar resources assets from foreign attacks.
02 Sep 2024
Rinehart calls out red tape and ‘bad policies’ being piled on farmers
Agriculture and mining magnate Gina Rinehart has raised concerns about the growing tangle of red tape and bad government policies being piled on farmers and pastoralists.
02 Sep 2024
Rinehart: Red tape forcing nation’s top miners offshore
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart says Australia should be rolling out the red carpet for resources companies but instead red tape is forcing them offshore.
Hancock Energy is a Hancock Prospecting company.
