Australian culture, peace and tolerance is being threatened. Because genocide never starts with killings and gas chambers, it starts with identification, name calling, and exclusion from public places. Â
The Labor Government has put Australiaâs natural gas market under extreme pressure, with heavy-handed interventions and policies that are harming investment, and suffocating supply.
Claims that banning commercial net fishing is necessary to protect the Great Barrier Reef and tourism jobs ignores the human cost of unnecessary and harsh government intervention, and also raises serious national security questions for North Queensland.
The Federal offshore oil and gas regulator is listing aimlessly in the murky waters of poor regulatory clarity, taxpayer-funded environmental lawfare, and a Government that seems intent on persecuting the oil and gas industry to appease Sydney and Melbourne elites.
Farmers and environmentalists alike must be alarmed by the lack of action by State and Federal Governments on fire management but there is still time for urgent action across Northern Australia to prevent further destruction. As bushfires begin to rage, time is still available to prioritise clearing firebreaks, backburning and banning any firelighting activities, particularly in national parks.Â
Labor governments have changed from understanding the need for mining investment for jobs and wealth generation, to adherents of the precautionary principle, an innocuous sounding but sinister approach to development and prosperity. They are now a genuine threat to Australiaâs competitiveness for new jobs, new projects, and continued prosperity for the next generation.
Federal Shadow Minister for Resources, Senator Susan McDonald, has labelled Queensland and Federal Laborâs attacks on Australian coal mining âutter madnessâ as figures show coalâs enormous contribution to Queenslandâs economy.
In just a short time, Labor will ban live sheep exports to the protein-starved Middle East, deprive Murray-Darling farmers of enough water to irrigate 100,000 hectares of prime growing land, remove funding for important new agricultural water projects in North Queensland, give the green light for wind farms and power lines to limit activity on farms and offshore fishing, and announced a ban on commercial net fishing.
Shadow Minister for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald, said she was shocked when the hearings revealed the Federal Environment Minister and the Fisheries Minister had not sought advice on banning gillnets from the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) or the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) before a letter was sent to UNESCO announcing the bans.
Shadow Minister for Resources and for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald, has called upon the Queensland and Federal Labor Governments to commit to the future economic strength of North West Queensland and the workforce of Mt Isa, and outline how it will support further development in the North West Minerals Province after Glencore’s decision to close Mt Isa Mines.
I rise because of this excellent motion that has been brought forward by Senator Pocock to address the very important issue of bushfires in this country.
Shadow Minister for Resources, Senator Susan McDonald, said todayâs Federal Court decision to overturn the regulatorâs approval for a significant offshore natural gas project in Western Australia, was another example of Laborâs funding for green activists undermining Australiaâs future prosperity.
So I thank for the work you do; the work you have done and the work you will do â the contributions to building our modern society, in the workplace and economically, through safer workplaces, and well paid opportunities for a diverse workforce; taxes and royalties paid, contributions to regional communities as well as investments environmentally, and partnerships with traditional owners all of which often goes unseen and underappreciated by wider society.
Federal Shadow Minister for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald, and Federal Shadow Environment Minister, Jonno Duniam, have warned lovers of Australian seafood, meat and produce that the Albanese Governmentâs determination to appease UNESCO will result in food shortages, higher costs and more pain for primary producers.
Federal Shadow Minister for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald, and Federal Shadow Environment Minister, Jonno Duniam, have warned lovers of Australian seafood, meat and produce that the Albanese Governmentâs determination to appease UNESCO will result in food shortages, higher costs and more pain for primary producers.
Shadow Resources Minister, Senator Susan McDonald, has warned Australiaâs ability to make life-saving cancer medicines is in danger after Labor decided to walk away from a suitable site in Kimba, South Australia.
Australian households are being smashed by skyrocketing energy prices which are higher due to Laborâs ham-fisted energy market interventions, the Cost of Living Committee has heard.
Shadow Minister for Resources and Shadow Minister for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald has urged Northern business leaders to continue being proactive and not leave development and policy ideas up to governments.
Shadow Minister for Resources, Senator McDonald, has noted with disappointment the Federal Courtâs decision yesterday to set aside the site declaration at Napandee for the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility.
The Albanese Governmentâs gas code announcement shows Labor has inserted themselves into the driver’s seat of a vehicle they donât know how to drive, and are continuing to meddle in the gas market.
Changing the Constitution is a big deal. It would have permanent outcomes. Change to the Constitution in an ill-considered way is not generous; it is unwise, and it risks the stable and successful nation that Australia is today. I cannot support this change to our Constitution.
From developments in the Bronze age, to the industrial revolution and the age of steam power, to the limitless potential of the future and yet undiscovered technologies, resources and minerals have and will remain crucial to the world’s prosperity and development.
Shadow Minister for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald, has demanded an urgent review of a decision to close Torres Strait Island airstrips after she questioned CASA staff in Senate Estimates last month about people having to risk their lives travelling in the Strait by boat.
Shadow Minister for Resources, Senator Susan McDonald, has challenged the Governmentâs true commitment to the critical minerals sector.
Shadow Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald, has expressed horror that the Federal Department of Agriculture is âengaging with thugs, bullies and terroristsâ from the animal liberation movement suspected of recently using an unverified video to target an abattoir and threatening a pork industry representative in an incident that has been referred to the Australian Federal Police.
Shadow Minister for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald has lashed the Federal Budget for cutting Northern water projects, lacking clarity in Northern roads funding, and burying spending on flood recovery for Gulf of Carpentaria, Kimberley and NT communities.
Shadow Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald, today lambasted the Government on its tricky Budget spin, highlighting the strength of the resources sector as the key driver of this Budget.
Shadow Minister for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald, has welcomed news that Westpac will keep bank branches open permanently in Ingham, Tully and Cloncurry.
Todayâs report by the Energy Market Operator, AEMO, confirms our worst fears that Labor is driving Australia headlong towards a gas and energy crisis.
Shadow Minister for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald, has joined a push by the Australian Automobile Association for urgent federal action on identifying the causes of bad crashes in light of shocking statistics that show higher risks for non-metropolitan drivers.
