Mining
Rod Campbell
Facts and fiction from the mining proponents
Rod Campbell When an anti-coal protester, Jonathan Moylan, sent an email suggesting ANZ had withdrawn finance from Whitehaven Coal's Maules Creek mine, $300 million was wiped off Whitehaven's market value.
Richard Ackland
Cuts aim to put mining critics out of business
Richard Ackland It could not be more Orwellian. Barry O'Farrell's government has triumphed in reducing funding for legal aid, community legal centres and the Environmental Defenders Office.
Michelle Grattan
Asian future isn't just about mining
Michelle Grattan If Australians need a prod to think more broadly about the opportunities Asia presents, a sharp one has come with the claim that the new tax on mining super profits yielded no revenue in its initial...
Tim Colebatch
Budget surplus shaky as mining boom's promise fades
Tim Colebatch In 2012-13, and probably thereafter, the mining boom will not give us the economic growth we counted on.
Gerard Henderson
Modern hostility to mining poses some worrying questions
Gerard Henderson The former Liberal Party leader John Hewson went missing in action on Q&A last week.
Phillip Coorey
Messy mining tax deal sealed in the early hours
Phillip Coorey Unsurprisingly, the government was able to find $100 million last night to soothe the concerns of the Greens and usher the mining tax through the House of Representatives at 2.42am.
Feds to retaliate on NSW mining tax hike
A NSW Government increase to mining royalties that could blow an almost $1 billion hole in the federal budget is counter productive, the Commonwealth says.
Peter Costello
Bank-bashing archbishop mining an unprofitable vein
Peter Costello There is a pattern to the media cycle that is as predictable as the seasons. Before Anzac Day the press will be looking for stories of sacrifice by those who have served in the defence forces.
Phillip Coorey
Proof will be in the paying when mining tax kicks in
Phillip Coorey In the days leading up to last week's budget, the minerals giants grew nervous. Already cranky at having to pay the carbon tax and the mining tax from July 1, they were uneasy at speculation that...
Clive Hamilton
Mining in a new vein
Clive Hamilton Publicity-shy Gina Rinehart is an open book when it comes to her politics.
John Williams
Mining gas in NSW is viable if it's controlled
John Williams THE transition from coal-based electricity generation to gas-based electricity, which emits less carbon dioxide, has become a fraught issue in NSW.
Phillip Coorey
Greens held cards on mining tax but chose protest over action
Phillip Coorey Later today, if all goes to plan, the Senate will pass the legislation for the minerals resources rent tax, enabling it to start on July 1.
Coalition split over super rise linked to the mining tax
Phillip Coorey THE opposition spokesman for finance, Andrew Robb, has slammed the superannuation increases associated with the mining tax, despite the Coalition's decision to keep them if elected.
George Williams
Don't expect the court to undo carbon and mining taxes
George Williams The 'great big new taxes' have been drafted to withstand challenges.
Tim Colebatch
Garnaut's got the goods on mining taxes
Tim Colebatch Jitters over Europe are driving share prices, not our resource rent tax.
Phillip Coorey
Rudd in no hurry to fix mining standoff
Phillip Coorey Kevin Rudd's decision to skip the Minerals Council of Australia's annual shindig this week and attend a Labor Party function instead is a gesture both symbolic and pointed.
Gerard Henderson
Rudd's task is to justify mining tax
Gerard Henderson A majority of Australians probably accept that mining companies should pay more tax. But it is one matter to increase the tax and quite another to make mining the most heavily taxed mining industry...
Phillip Coorey
Rudd may be the blip in selling mining tax
Phillip Coorey The government's penchant for acronyms has reached the stage where even the opposition is struggling to keep up.
Peter Costello
Mining boom riches nullified by Labor's spending bender
Peter Costello Bigger than the gold rush, but taxpayers have little to show for it.
Smart politics from a leader who's growing up
Peter Hartcher Tony Abbott came on Thursday not to demolish the Labor government as a tribal leader but to chide it as an adult alternative prime minister.
