Gina’s warning
Gina Rinehart is absolutely correct to warn of the sovereign risk to investment (“ ‘No green energy projects without existing mining’, says Gina Rinehart”, 16/5), to our competitiveness and to our standard of living by governments that over-regulate, that introduce regulatory uncertainty and are anti – rather than pro – mining. Nation-building advice understood by Tony Abbott who, as prime minister, introduced the legislative repeal days, labelled the “sabotage” of mining projects as “lawfare”, declared Australia open for business and proudly stood up for the workers, the commodity and the mining industry when he said, “coal is good for humanity, coal is an essential part of our economic future here in Australia, and right around the world”. Indeed, the vanquished Abbott remains vindicated on a range of topics relevant today.
Mandy Macmillan, Singleton, NSW
