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Vast majority back regional move incentives amid calls for dedicated housing plan
The Toowoomba Chronicle (Sun, 23 Aug 2026) - Dick Smith has issued an urgent plea to help local businesses as Aussies have backed calls for incentives to move to the bush with a focus ...
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Rural mental health crisis: Leila McDougall’s film sparks national conversation about farmer suicide
The Toowoomba Chronicle (Sun, 23 Aug 2026) - Farmer suicide rates are nearly double the national average – and one Aussie woman is touring the country screening her film to spark the ...
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Lithium miners bask in resurgence after price crash ‘winter’, but wild spikes not expected in ‘second boom’
Countryman (Sat, 22 Aug 2026) - Even the most casual mining sector observers will have noticed a renewed optimism around lithium. But will its latest boom prove enduring?

Fuelled by billionaire mining magnates Gina Rinehart, Chris Ellison and Tim Goyder investing in a WA land grab, new lithium supply began to
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Lithium miners bask in resurgence after price crash ‘winter’, but wild spikes not expected in ‘second boom’
Pilbara News (Sat, 22 Aug 2026) - Refined lithium piled at the Sigma Lithium Xuxa refinery near Itinga, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Inset: Aaron Morey.The price of lithium ...

Refined lithium piled at the Sigma Lithium Xuxa refinery near Itinga, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Inset: Aaron Morey.The price of lithium
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Abbott’s ‘very informal’ role in right-wing lobby group
Canberra CityNews (Sat, 22 Aug 2026) - Tony Abbott stepped down from his advisory role at Advance after becoming Liberal Party president. Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS By Lucinda ...

year, it received more than $13 million in donations. Billionaires Gina Rinehart and James Packer have been major donors to Advance, each
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The evolution of Pauline Hanson’s fashion style
The Saturday Paper (Sat, 22 Aug 2026) - A look through Pauline Hanson’s wardrobe reveals a penchant for Australian labels Anthea Crawford and David Lawrence and the Canadian ...

the work of Gina Rinehart, the richest person in the country, who owns two labels pitched squarely at country Australia: Driza-Bone and S.
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Far-Right secretive political group Advance appears at election inquiry
Independent Australia (Sat, 22 Aug 2026) - Advance Chair Vicki Dunne and Company Secretary Mark Spencer appear before a Joint Parliamentary Inquiry into the 2025 Federal Election ( ...

outfit with many wealthy backers, including One Nation-backer Gina Rinehart . Dunne told the committee that Advance now has 662,973 “
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Bush Summit: Regional Aussies have their say on the state of the nation
The Toowoomba Chronicle (Sat, 22 Aug 2026) - We encourage all Aussies to share their views to help shape our national agenda. See the common similarities and gripes we learned on our ...
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Indigenous Elders accuse renewable firms of ‘token’ engagement on wind farms
The Toowoomba Chronicle (Sat, 22 Aug 2026) - A wind farm developer has been told by Indigenous Elders to leave, as new accusations mount over a wind turbine project threatening sacred ...