The nation’s second largest local government refuses to allow some exploration activity in the nearby hinterland region. Gold Coast City Council (GCCC) has rejected an application submitted by...
Category - In The Community
Dozens of remote communities in the Australian Outback now have free internet access. Free Wi-Fi usage has increased by nearly 2000 per cent in in 46 remote communities thanks to a government-funded...
Regulatory authorities should not only support foreign companies but also Australian employers that hire locals, a diversified resources company has said. New Hope Group (NHG) has criticised the...
Mine worker arrested : A precious metal mine worker is behind bars after police caught him trying to offload high-grade ore in metropolitan Western Australia. The Western Australia Police Force...
A Northern Territory man is suing a multinational mining company because he and his Indigenous clan was allegedly forced off their land. Gumatj clan leader Galarrwuy Yunupingu (pictured left) wants...
Mining companies should forgo some their profits to help cover the cost of recovering from bushfires that continue to devastate Queensland, an elected representative has said. Greens State MP Michael...
A coal company should have been better prepared for a devastating bushfire that lasted more than a month and put hundreds of people out of work, a court has ruled. The Supreme Court of Victoria has...
An iron ore company is not letting its US$287 million (A$421M) mine expansion go down without a fight at the High Court of Australia. Fortescue Metals Group is disputing the Federal Court’s...
Most voters support the prime minister’s tough stance against “selfish, indulgent and apocalyptic” environmental activists who keep “testing the limits” of the right to protest in public, a new...
The nation’s second highest-ranking official has rejected an environmental theory for possibly causing widespread wildfires across parts of the East Coast. Deputy Prime Minister Michael...
Authorities are taking legal action against a heavy machinery maker and civil construction company, years after a tragic workplace tragedy happened at a US$45 billion (A$65.6B) resources development...
Queensland judges have rejected an anti mining group’s bid to use the legal system to stop an $896 million coal project from proceeding in the Darling Downs region. Court of Appeal justices...
