Alcoa refuses to rule out mining the Perth Hills
A letter from the US miner raised hope that the jarrah forest inland from Perth would escape its strip mining for bauxite, but Alcoa is keeping its options open.
The Federal Government controls offshore oil and gas production outside of nearshore State waters and determines emission and climate policy.
Australia's Petroleum Resources Rent Tax has incredibly generous annual uplifts in allowable deductions that will likely see little or no payments from its offshore LNG projects.
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