What North Queensland thinks of Rinehart's idea of giving islands to Musk for satellite launches

North Queensland business and tourism groups say "blue-sky thinking" is welcome after Gina Rinehart suggested Queensland should offer some of its islands to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for satellite launches.

A tourism organisation says there could be challenges launching from the islands given environmental concerns.

A local aerospace company says it would welcome more investment in the Bowen spaceport.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-19/rinehart-idea-for-queensland-to-give-islands-to-musk-reaction/106816210


Gina Rinehart snags $1.4b stake in SpaceX IPO

Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, says her $1.4 billion bet on Elon Musk’s SpaceX reflects her confidence in the trillionaire founder and recognises the need for Western nations to lead the world in technology and innovation.

The billionaire mining magnate snagged a more-than-$US1 billion ($1.4 billion) stake in the sought-after SpaceX IPO, which last week soared almost 20 per cent on its sharemarket debut, valuing the aerospace company at $US2.1 trillion.

https://www.afr.com/markets/equity-markets/gina-rinehart-snags-us1b-stake-in-spacex-ipo-20260615-p606yg

Oh dear. "Some islands" becomes "Queensland". You just can't trust Ai to get it rigfht. ::)

Say's the bloke who peddles false scientific data constantly.

A part of QLD is still Qld. And Gina doesn't own it, to give it away.

Ai_Took_Our_Jobs wrote on Jun 19^th, 2026 at 9:31pm:

Say's the bloke who peddles false scientific data constantly. A part of QLD is still Qld. And Gina doesn't own it, to give it away.

But a part or small speck of QLD is not all QLD as your title suggests.

Sure. Yet it is QLD she wants to give away.

Ai_Took_Our_Jobs wrote on Jun 19^th, 2026 at 10:40pm:

Sure. Yet it is QLD she wants to give away.

Would you say my son bought Queensland when he bought a GC property? Perhaps Gina should ask his permission?

He didn't buy NSW.

Once Gina starts donating, so to financially profit/get a man's attention, there's no limit on how much she will hand over. Perhaps WA for Xi and Victoria for Putin.

Ai_Took_Our_Jobs wrote on Jun 19^th, 2026 at 9:31pm:

Say's the bloke who peddles false scientific data constantly.

Now that is really funny. Data is data nothing more. There is no such thing as false data. There is the wrongful application of statistics to data that can give a false result. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D


Ai_Took_Our_Jobs wrote on Jun 19^th, 2026 at 9:31pm:

And Gina doesn't own it, to give it away.

So why did you say she did? ::)

Ai_Took_Our_Jobs wrote on Jun 20^th, 2026 at 5:21am:

He didn't buy NSW.

Actually he did, he owns a house in NSW too.
Now he owns QLD and NSW.