
North Queensland food bowl potential ‘choked’ by government red tape and waste
One of Australia’s richest food regions cannot feed the nation it sustains – buried under $160bn in annual red tape costs and record government debt. OPINION

One of Australia’s richest food regions cannot feed the nation it sustains – buried under $160bn in annual red tape costs and record government debt. OPINION

Farmers and local leaders are waging war with the NSW government over renewable energy transmission lines they say could be part of a $20 billion ‘white elephant’ project.

Our national debt is projected by Treasury to exceed $1 trillion this year. We are all responsible for the interest on that debt and the Treasurer admits there will be deficits and increasing debt well into the future. Is this a legacy we wish to leave our children? Most of the states are on a similar dangerous trajectory.

NSW farmers have declared war on the Minns government’s New England renewable energy transmission project, warning it threatens farm production and Sydney household electricity bills.

Australia’s national debt has been projected to exceed $1 trillion as falling productivity, punitive taxes and unreliable energy are crippling agriculture and future generations.

Billions of litres of Kimberley floodwater pour out to sea each year while cattle stations collapse under taxes, soaring energy bills and suffocating government red tape.

Hello Carnarvon, a remote but vital town, powered by horticulture, fishing, and the regional pastoral industry, an industry I was very fortunate to grow up in.

AUSTRALIA HAS long been recognised as a producer of some of the highest quality dairy products in the world.

Western Australia’s dairy industry has celebrated another successful year

Joint statement by the Fuel Tax Credit Alliance

Townsville’s farming, mining and defence industries face mounting pressure from net zero policies, tax burdens and regulation that threaten the north’s economic future, writes Gina Rinehart.

Australia’s falling productivity levels have been driven down by the replacement of coal-fired power plants with billions of dollars in renewable energy projects, the Productivity Commission has declared, as it warns governments should to make only the most efficient, cost-effective investments.