Gina Rinehart urges government to ‘drill, baby, drill’ and build Israeli-style ‘iron dome’ in northern Australia

At the summit in Townsville, Gina Rinehart called for the reintroduction of compulsory national service for ‘all biological men’, and the abolition of fuel excise, payroll tax, license fees and stamp duty. Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters

Mining magnate and pastoralist Gina Rinehart has urged the government to “drill, baby, drill and dig, baby, dig” and use the proceeds to massively upgrade defence, including with an Israeli-style “iron dome” missile deflection system.

Presenting a personal defence and economic blueprint for Australia at News Corp’s bush summit in Townsville on Friday, Rinehart called for the reintroduction of compulsory national service for “all biological men … under, say, 53” with voluntary service for “biological women”.