Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett’s compulsory acquisition of land in the Kimberley region for a $30 billion gas project for Woodside Petroleum has angered the Kimberly Land Council after negotiations over the land stalled.
Resources Minister Martin Ferguson will meet with second-tier mining company executives today to discuss the federal government’s Minerals Resource Rent Tax.
Kristina Keneally will defend jobs in regional NSW threatened by the Kevin Rudd’s proposed Resource Super Profits Tax (RSPT) the Premier claimed yesterday.
The Federal Government should bite the bullet on one of the key recommendations in the Henry Review and allow pre-filled income tax returns for most Australians, the Taxation Institute said today.
The Henry Tax Review changes will address the ‘two speed economy’ with mining increasingly leaving behind small business and NSW and Victoria being met with an ‘unfair’ interest rate burden.
Big miners are the losers and small explorers are the winners from the Federal Government’s response to the Henry Taxation Review.
The Henry Tax Review’s ‘Super Profit Tax’ on mining has put up to $100 billion worth of projects in jeopardy the Queensland Resource Council (QRC) says.
The largest coal companies in Queensland are committed to bidding for Queensland Rail’s coal division ahead of a planned float by the Anna Bligh’s Government in October. 14 coal companies met yesterday in a meeting chaired by former NSW premier Nick Greiner after the QLD Government announced plans to float Queensland Rail Coal as early […]
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