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Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has received the final go-ahead for its long-delayed $600m McPhee mine in West Australia but the billionaire has blasted government policies that make resources projects more expensive and uncertain.

Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart has used the approval of her latest iron ore project to launch another blistering tirade in her war against “government tape”, warning it could stymie investment and compromise living standards.

The Albanese Government has finally signed off on a plan for Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting to build an iron ore mine in the Pilbara that will create 800 jobs.

Gina Rinehart has warned against policies that attack Australia’s “mining golden geese”, after Hancock Prospecting was awarded long awaited approvals for its McPhee iron ore project.

Environmental lawfare, unproductive workplace policies and red tape are threatening a predicted $131bn wave of resources and ­energy projects, employers have warned, as mining unions demand yearly $10,000 retention bonuses for BHP’s Pilbara workforce on top of annual 5 per cent pay rises.

Labor’s contentious environmental and workplace reforms are jeopardising a projected pipeline of more than 100 mining and energy projects worth $131 billion, warns Australian Resources and Energy ­Employer Association boss Steve Knott.

By slashing the power and influence of environmental groups to challenge mining proposals if he wins government, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has anointed himself the resource sector’s best friend.

Peter Dutton wants to fast-track more than 420 mining and energy projects if the Coalition wins government. Resources Minister Madeleine King will tell miners there is no time to lose to meet demand for materials for weapons and renewables.

Gina Rinehart wants an Israel-style iron dome protecting the Pilbara’s multi-billion-dollar resources assets from foreign attacks.

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart says Australia should be rolling out the red carpet for resources companies but instead red tape is forcing them offshore.

The Bush Summit is a vital forum to get a sense of how those in the productive engine of Australia can feel short-changed and overlooked in the decisions taken in Canberra and the major centres.

Australia’s wealthiest person, Gina Rinehart, says Victorian children are being taught “propaganda rather than facts” and to “hate” Australia as she calls for a major shake-up to the national curriculum.