One of the world’s most influential mining investors, BlackRock’s Evy Hambro, has signalled he is open to M&A as BHP hunts Anglo American.
Resources Minister Madeleine King has backed the development of the Narrabri gas field in NSW, and the Queensland Labor government has given the green light to four new projects in the Bowen Basin.
Scrapping a proposal to introduce two new developer levies in NSW would clear the way for an extra 190,000 new homes, according to the property industry.
The former president demanded $US1 billion in donations to get re-elected and offered to overturn environmental rules and policies to help the oil industry.