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Gina Rinehart has stepped up her calls for Australia to cut regulation and taxes while also borrowing from US president-elect Donald Trump with the pro-oil slogan ‘Drill Baby Drill’.

As Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart has few qualms about giving out advice to the country’s leaders – and the odd museum curator. But Rinehart, who was in South Florida to soak up the vibes at Donald Trump’s victory party, has returned to Australia with a spring in her step, even more buoyed by the immense wisdom shown by about 74 million Americans earlier this month.

Senex Energy’s $1bn Atlas project, one Australia’s first large-scale gas developments to come online in years, will deliver its first supplies to the market within a week – as joint owner Gina Rinehart said the project’s delays were indicative of Labor’s attempt to kill Australia’s resource sector.

First gas is set to flow from Senex Energy’s $1 billion Atlas natural gas field expansion following the official opening (Sunday 24 November 2024) of the Surat Basin facility in Queensland.

It’s been dubbed a “super-emitter” event – but COP29 is also a super-spender, with revelations taxpayers have been slugged more than $870,000 for a pavilion to allow federal government bureaucrats to “tell their diverse stories of Australia’s climate action”.

The man charged with delivering Labor’s pledge to source 82 per cent of electricity from wind, solar and hydro power by 2030 says natural gas will be the “ultimate backstop” for keeping the lights on because weather-dependent generators can’t deliver consistent power.

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11 November 2024

Just over a year ago, Anthony Albanese and his fiancée Jodie Haydon were treated to a sumptuous three-course meal of butternut squash soup, short ribs and chocolate mousse cake at state dinner with Joe and Jill Biden in the White House.

Climate alarmism is facing daunting scientific, economic and political challenges to its credibility with the public and its influence on government policy in Europe, the United States and Canada. It may finally have reached an historic turning point.