Billionaire Gina Rinehart has told a gathering in Wagga that net zero, excessive regulation and high taxes have has hurt the mining sector and that ordinary Australians will bear the consequences
Ballarat’s CBD has come to a standstill, and protesters have blocked Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan’s exit from Civic Hall with climate change activists, emergency services and transmission line protestors all flooding the precinct for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to the city.
Sirens blared past Ballarat Civic Hall on Friday morning as CFA vehicles protested the state government’s emergency services levy.
Today, far too many rural and regional communities in Australia are struggling under policies that threaten our vital agriculture and resource sectors. This is particularly so in Victoria.
This is why the Bush Summit being held in Ballarat on Friday is so important.
The latest battle in Australia’s energy wars played out in Wagga Wagga on Wednesday at the 2025 Daily Telegraph Bush Summit, between two men from polar opposite sides of the debate.
Bowning farmer Emma Webb told the summit that drought and financial strain made regional communities “extremely vulnerable” to opportunistic green entrepreneurs.
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has addressed the 2025 Bush Summit with a call to recognise the “essential” contribution of the mining industry, and the energy supply it relies on.
