Billionaire Gina Rinehart has used a speech to the Bush Summit in New South Wales to accuse the Labor and Greens parties of being “held together” by “an appetite for your money”.
Delivered by former Northern Territory chief minister Adam Giles on behalf of the Hancock Prospecting executive chair, the speech warns of the “danger” to Australia’s future, as Mrs Rinehart sees it.
“They come first for our prosperity,” the speech said.
“They massively regulate the industries that keep the lights burning and the refineries running.
“They tax the productive to subsidise handouts, to buy them votes.
“They drive the price of energy so high that a factory in Whyalla cannot compete with a factory overseas. Do they care, or perhaps not understand?
“They come next for our living standards.”
Mr Giles, a strong supporter of One Nation and now employed in Mrs Rinehart’s business empire, then quoted his boss’ views on free speech.
“They decide, from an office in Canberra, what may be said, what may be doubted, what may be laughed at,” Mrs Rinehart’s speech said.
“What may be called, racism. They call it safety. It has always had a pleasant name. But a nation that must ask permission before it may speak is a nation that has already surrendered something it will not easily win back.”
In her opinion, Labor and the Greens work to “kill agriculture and kill the businesses that depend on agriculture”.
“Please do not underrate the gravity of the hour,” the speech said.
“Our opponents are organised, they are well-financed, and they are determined.
They have friends in the institutions, in the universities, in the schools, and throughout the press.”
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese spoke at the summit on Thursday.
Billionaire Gina Rinehart has used a speech to the Bush Summit in New South Wales to accuse the Labor and Greens parties of being “held together” by “an appetite for your money”.
Delivered by former Northern Territory chief minister Adam Giles on behalf of the Hancock Prospecting executive chair, the speech warns of the “danger” to Australia’s future, as Mrs Rinehart sees it.
“They come first for our prosperity,” the speech said.
“They massively regulate the industries that keep the lights burning and the refineries running.
“They tax the productive to subsidise handouts, to buy them votes.
“They drive the price of energy so high that a factory in Whyalla cannot compete with a factory overseas. Do they care, or perhaps not understand?
“They come next for our living standards.”
Mr Giles, a strong supporter of One Nation and now employed in Mrs Rinehart’s business empire, then quoted his boss’ views on free speech.
“They decide, from an office in Canberra, what may be said, what may be doubted, what may be laughed at,” Mrs Rinehart’s speech said.
“What may be called, racism. They call it safety. It has always had a pleasant name. But a nation that must ask permission before it may speak is a nation that has already surrendered something it will not easily win back.”
In her opinion, Labor and the Greens work to “kill agriculture and kill the businesses that depend on agriculture”.
“Please do not underrate the gravity of the hour,” the speech said.
“Our opponents are organised, they are well-financed, and they are determined.
They have friends in the institutions, in the universities, in the schools, and throughout the press.”
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese spoke at the summit on Thursday.