Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart has addressed The Australian Bush Summit in Perth, saying that most farmers are unable to afford net zero. “With the consequences, Aussies and the towns will see huge food price increases and fresh food shortages, this is the maths that has to be brought in too,” Ms Rinehart said. “There’s quite a bit of government tape that would make life better if removed.”
Reporting of key elements of Mrs Gina Rinehart AO addressing the 2023 Bush Summit.
Economically we increasingly struggle, given government policies which are not conducive to attracting investment – investment necessary to keep us internationally competitive, and to maintain our living standards, and to help combat welfare dependency in rural and remote regions.
As I look across the vastness from our agricultural properties in the Kimberleys, I see the potential for the creation of jobs to give families and children a future in our north, jobs in industries that can help feed and clothe other Australians and our allies. What is required, though, are policies to help attract investment. It’s about letting people work, such as our patriotic veterans or senior Australians who are hampered by onerous red tape and only permitted to work several hours per week – if more, they face serious financial consequences. It’s about placing more defence facilities in our vulnerable north. Hopefully this Bush Summit can re-energise interest in our north, despite the obvious problem: 85 per cent of Australians, and 85 per cent of the voters, live in our cities.
The National Bush Summit invites community leaders, policy-makers and politicians to discuss challenges facing rural and regional communities. These groups will come together to propose practical solutions that opens new opportunities and improve services in regional Australia, as well as celebrate local success.
News Corp’s Bush Summit presents a welcome and much-needed opportunity to bring about focus on all the good things, the challenges and the opportunities that encompass regional Australia. With my family’s pioneering and agricultural background in regional and remote Australia going back to the mid-1800s in the Pilbara and back even before that, and more recently in mining, I’ve had the opportunity to share a very special history and many experiences in the Australian outback. It’s time to call for better policies for those who work and live in our bush. No longer do we want pollies to visit and say they love and appreciate us, but then deliver legislation that promises more hardships for us.
She’s an Olympic swimming champion. She’s also just won 3 gold medals at the World Championships. But Kaylee McKeown has lifted the lid on who’s paying the bills…
Gina Rinehart has donated $60 million to Australian Olympians, athletes and swimmers. “Mind-blowing amount of money there,” Sky News host Rowan Dean said.
Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart has donated more than $60 million to Australian Olympians over the past decade, new figures reveal. The mining magnate and current Western Australian of the Year, whose net worth is estimated to be close to $40 billion, began supporting Australian athletes after the swim team won just one gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. Through her company Hancock Prospecting, she has since poured money into Australian swimming, rowing and volleyball. The Herald Sun reports that it’s the biggest single contribution to Olympic sport by an individual anywhere in the world.
Rinehart’s contributions make her the largest individual benefactor of the Australian athletes and she deals with them directly because of her passion for Aussie Olympians. ‘The great effort and sacrifices these young athletes make to compete at the world’s top level is truly inspiring,’ Rinehart wrote in her News Corp column in 2016. ‘The qualities and characteristics that these athletes possess — the determination, tenacity, perseverance and drive — make them outstanding role models for Australians. ‘It is these qualities which make it clear why they are great ambassadors for our country and indeed could become future leaders of Australia.
The controversial overhaul of WA’s Aboriginal heritage laws will be scrapped completely in a stunning development just one month after the changes came into effect. Facing a wave of anger and anxiety — particularly among the State’s farming community — Premier Roger Cook and Aboriginal Affairs Minister Tony Buti are poised to make the announcement within days.
McKeown, 22, won the women’s 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke at the recent World Championships in Japan – and acknowledged that without funding from Rinehart, her glittering career in the pool would never have happened. ‘She [Rinehart] is my life support, without her funding many of us wouldn’t be in the sport,’ McKeown told 2GB radio’s Ben Fordham on Friday’Swimmers need sponsorship, and Ms Rinehart has supported me since I was 16. Fordham also revealed Rinehart personally funds 75 swimmers and 50 rowers – and over the past decade has provided $60million for Aussie Olympic athletes.
An advertisement for a heritage principal at Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting says the position is needed to “ensure compliance with the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021”. It says the successful applicant will “provide project specific and general advice to business regarding new ACHA 2021 requirements and guidelines including drafting reports, memos, and internal business advice related to heritage.” Implementing the new Act has led to widespread criticism by farmers and businesses, with complaints centred on high compliance cost burdens for landholders and the potential deterrent to investment and jobs. Shadow lands minister Neil Thomson questioned why the additional departmental positions hadn’t been established when the Act came into force on July 1.
