"In terms of influence in Australia, The Regulators are at the...

"In terms of influence in Australia, The Regulators are at the bottom, next in influence are the politicians who are answerable to their constituents, but the most practical influence comes from the media whose existence comes from their ability to sell a product"

Wouldn't that be wonderful, "politicians who are answerable to their constituents"
Regrettably all 3, the regulators, the politicians and the media do the bidding of their masters, the lobbyists and big business.
Big business wields huge influence over all 3.
They dominate the regulators with $$$$ and their people, stooges.
They give political donations to the politicians.
In Azure's case the end result will be our Lithium ends up in China (masters) who are manipulating the Lithium and REE market so that they can hoover up all that they can get their hands on.
And the legacy main media wont tell us the truth about big business through fear of losing advertising revenue.
The only hope of getting the truth is through small news outlets on the Internet who promote free speech.
The powers that be are aware that people are turning to the internet for their news as the public know that they cannot trust the legacy/main media.
They are endeavoring to close those internet free speech media outlets down.