The mining industry is more resilient because of the recent downturn and it will be global supply and demand that will affect these companies in the future.
- Professor of Regional Economic Development, School of Business and Law, CQUniversity Australia
A groundbreaking new economic study has found that investing A$8.2 billion would get us very close to hitting targets to cut water pollution into the Great Barrier Reef by 2025.
Was Trade Minister Steven Ciobo right to say on Q&A that global demand for coal is still going through the roof?
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said his government’s 2030 climate target will be good for the environment and jobs – and good for protecting the nation’s coal industry.
Gina Rinehart’s purchase of the Fossil Downs cattle station comes as beef prices are headed for new highs.
Experts respond to the recently-approved Shenhua Watermark coal mine.
The Carmichael coal project, approved this week by environment minister Greg Hunt, is unprecedented in its scale, and also represents a significant shift in Australia’s coal industry. If the mine goes…
Australia’s biggest coal mine, the Carmichael Coal and Rail Project, yesterday received the go-ahead from the federal government. Environment minister Greg Hunt approved the mine, proposed by Indian coal…
The Grattan Institute’s John Daley and Annette Lancy in The Conversation on Wednesday suggested that regional universities are failing to have economic impacts, and that investment in regional universities…
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