Govts must cut mining regulation: Rinehart

MAGNATE Gina Rinehart has taken aim at government over-regulation of mining during a business luncheon in Darwin.

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has called on government to relax regulation and cut mining red tape.

MINING magnate Gina Rinehart has conceded the anti-development message is winning as she called on government to relax regulation and cut mining red tape.

"WE have become a nation of compliance, rather than performance," she said.