Personal tools
You are here: Home

Did you not find what you were looking for? Try the Advanced Search to refine your search.

Search results 99 items matching your search terms

Subscribe to an always-updated feed of these search terms

News Item Feature: Lead up to the tax deal on mining's 'super profits'
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the night before his stepping down that tax reform is never easy. When he first introduced plans to reform Australia’s ...
News Item Gillard’s tax changes appease major miners
Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that discussions with major mining sector players have resulted in a significant reworking of the original Resource ...
News Item Gillard’s tax changes appease major miners
Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that discussions with major mining sector players have resulted in a significant reworking of the original Resource ...
News Item Government may make further concessions to iron ore miners
The Government’s new framework for mining taxation has received a wide range of responses from the industry mostly in cautious support for the plan. It has ...
News Item Tax compromise good for miners but not wider business community
Professional services firm, Deloitte, has welcomed the Federal Government’s remodelled mining rent tax and the expansion of the scope of the Petroleum Resource ...
News Item FMG reveals framework for deal with Rudd
In a speech on June 29th, Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) CEO, Andrew Forrest, said Julia Gillard must ensure her Government achieves a substantially improved ...
News Item Tax deal with miners too good to be true?
The Federal Government has produced some details of the revised economic forecast it used in arriving at its compromise with miners over an impending resources ...
News Item WA Index continues downward trend in June
For the month of June, the market capitalisation of Western Australian listed companies which comprise the Deloitte WA Index decreased by $2.9 billion ...
News Item Coal industry says rail bid ‘ticks all the boxes’ but AMWU disagrees
The Queensland Coal Industry Rail Group’s $4.85 billion cash offer for the central Queensland coal track network ‘ticks all the boxes’ according to the ...
News Item Resource exploration rebate falls well short say geoscientists
The AIG (Australian Institute of Geoscientists) said whilst it welcomes the concept of a Resource Exploration Rebate (RER), as announced by the Commonwealth ...
News Item South Australian mining industry fears being stranded by new tax
South Australia’s peak mining lobby says up to A$40 billion worth of mining projects could potentially be left stranded because of the Federal Government’s ...
News Item Assumptions of RSPT may not stack up in the real world: study
A report commissioned by the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) and produced by KPMG, has found that the proposed Resource Super Profits Tax (RSPT) could lead ...
News Item Industry responses to State Budgets: NSW and QLD
Rocketing royalty payments from the mining industry will dig the NSW Budget out of deficit, and show that in Queensland the sector is paying its fair share, ...
News Item Approvals Alliance to fast-track project approvals
An innovative new service has been launched to help Western Australian infrastructure and resource projects cut through the regulatory clutter to achieve ...
News Item Government holding firm on mining super tax proposal
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has told the media that the Government needs to “hold its nerve and show unity” in regard to the Resource Super Profits Tax which he ...
News Item Majors appeal to shareholders on government tax plan
The chairman of BHP Billiton, Jac Nasser, has again issued a letter addressed to shareholders, designed to keep them informed of the company’s concerns about ...
News Item New State agreements with iron ore majors
After twelve months of discussions the WA Government has reached an historic new agreement with BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto about iron ore royalties for fines ...
News Item China tapped for $11 billion resources investment
China is to pour about $11 billion into Australia's port, rail and mining projects in a deal signed on June 21st by Prime minister Kevin Rudd and China’s vice ...
News Item Feature: What now for the tax on mining’s super profits?
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the night before his stepping down that tax reform is never easy. When he first introduced plans to reform Australia’s ...
News Item Will leadership change mean changes to proposed mining tax?
That’s the question everyone in the industry will be asking after Julia Gillard was announced as Australia’s new Prime Minister on June 24th, with Kevin Rudd ...
News Item Industry speaks out on government taxation plans
The chiefs of Australia's biggest mining companies and a host of others within the industry have made statements in recent days, criticising Prime Minister ...
News Item Austmine Board denounces Resource Rent Tax
Australia risks rapid erosion of its world-leading mining knowledge and skills base, the foundation of a $A40 billion technology and services (MTS) sector, by ...
News Item Small miners could be winners from Henry Taxation Review response
Big miners are the losers and small explorers could be the winners from the Federal Government’s response to the Henry Taxation Review announced on May 2nd, ...
News Item Budget based on “heroic” mining assumptions: BIS Shrapnel
Industry analyst and economic forecaster, BIS Shrapnel, has questioned Treasury’s outlook for engineering construction in the 2010/11 Commonwealth Budget.
News Item Resources tax will hurt the very people it’s meant to help: iron ore chief
Atlas Iron managing director David Flanagan has warned that the Prime Minister’s tax plan would have inflict significant pain on the working families he ...
News Item Karara rail line project moves towards construction
Construction of another major iron ore railway in Western Australia’s Mid-West has moved a step closer with the introduction to State Parliament of the Railway ...
News Item Survey: Institutional investor anger over resources super profits tax
The Federal Government’s proposed Resources Super Profits Tax (RSPT) will drive investment away from Australia’s resources sector according to 21 major ...
News Item “Dear Shareholder”: BHP letter sets the record straight
Chairman of BHP Billiton, Jac Nasser, issued a statement on May 17th, addressed to the company’s shareholders, in which he expressed concern over the ...
News Item QR divestment – the case for a different model
The Queensland Resources Council’s Michael Roche spoken at a recent industry event about the need for industry to have more of a say in the ownership of QR's ...
News Item Australia’s strong share of developing projects at stake with proposed changes
The Australian Government’s proposed 40 per cent super-profits mining tax will clearly impact calculations on doing business in the country, said Metals ...