The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has backed a call by industry groups to slash red tape by 25 per cent, warning slow and complex approvals are undermining the nation’s competitiveness for mining investment.
The spectacular fire at the Viva Energy refinery in Geelong is yet another reminder not only of our increasingly fragile fuel security but how pathetically we’ve been governed.
Dean questions claims made by Labor ministers in Australia that renewable energy is the cheapest form of energy, playing an excerpt of Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen claiming it.