'Dummy spit': BHP complains it gets more love in Chile than Australia
BHP boss described the "continual questioning of our economic and social contribution" in Australia as "chilling".
Heath Aston is a federal political correspondent. Most recently Heath was the state political editor for the Sun-Herald. Before joining the NSW press gallery he worked for newspapers in Sydney and London.
BHP boss described the "continual questioning of our economic and social contribution" in Australia as "chilling".
It has been 2916 days since controversial former state Labor minister Ian Macdonald issued China's state-owned Shenhua a licence to explore for coal in Australia's richest farming region, the Liverpool Plains, in return for a $300 million cash payment to the NSW government.
Bob Day has made the shock announcement that he will resign from the Senate after his building company went into liquidation.
They are the set-piece photo opportunities that prime ministers will fly across the continent to take part in.
The Liberal government of Western Australia has questioned whether the nascent boom in liquefied natural gas is delivering "sufficient return" to the public.
Just five per cent of oil and gas projects operating in Australia are paying anything towards the Federal Government's royalty-like scheme designed to share the wealth generated by the nation's resources with the public that owns them.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten claims he has "struggled to find anyone who thinks it's a good idea".
The Turnbull Government has launched a safety review into the rules governing the use of drones.
It's a story of two resource-rich countries with two very different ways of harnessing the wealth they are blessed with.
Clean energy providers, including market giant AGL, have called for more certainty in government policy amid warnings the fight over renewables between the Turnbull Government and Labor states will drive investment out of Australia.
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