‘From red tape to red carpet’
In this week’s issue, we are delighted to hear from Gina Rinehart on the importance of mining to not only our national economy but also to our geopolitical survival. Fresh from almost single-handedly financing federal Labor’s so-called budget ‘surplus’, Ms Rinehart is correct to point out the long-term damage we are doing to this nation by constantly demonising mining as ‘evil’ and ‘dirty’. With India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi currently visiting these shores – and, it has to be said, to the rapturous delight of Australia’s much-valued Indian diaspora – there couldn’t be a better time for Ms Rinehart’s warnings.
