COPPER AT RISK DUE TO LABORâS DELAY
After watching Australiaâs nickel crisis unfold in January this year, thanks to the Governmentâs lack of direction in the critical minerals sector, Australiaâs copper industry
After watching Australiaâs nickel crisis unfold in January this year, thanks to the Governmentâs lack of direction in the critical minerals sector, Australiaâs copper industry
I want to start my remarks by reaffirming that the Coalition is a strong and ardent supporter of the resources sector, and is committed to the future of mining in this country.
Today, the Government has finally accepted the Coalitionâs advice to include nickel in the critical minerals list. Senator Susan McDonald, Shadow Minister for Resources, has highlighted that despite calling for nickel to be included in the Critical Minerals List in June last year, it has taken Labor an unfolding crisis to act.
The sight of the Queensland Premier laughing when asked by a journalist about youth crime should outrage everyone.
But itâs no use campaigning for Labor to crack down on criminals â their own party rules prevent them from doing so.
Calls for the Departmental review into the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) to be expanded into a comprehensive investigation and for the next multi-million dollar payment to be cut have been turbocharged by Coalition Senators after more revelations over the mishandling of the $8.3 million grant were exposed at Senate Estimates.
Only a Coalition Government will hold the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) accountable by ceasing the $8.3 million in Government handouts introduced by Labor.
Laborâs announcement of âbusiness as usualâ levels of natural gas supply has been labelled a bad joke by the Coalition, exposing what it says is a government starved of real solutions to Australiaâs cost of living crisis.
Shadow Minister for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald has heaped praise on flood recovery crews and volunteers in Far North Queensland after witnessing widespread devastation and heartache from Cairns to Mareeba and Cooktown.
Shadow Minister for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald, has called for all banks to grant deferment on loan repayments for North Queensland businesses and homeowners affected by floods while they can recover financially.
Shadow Resources Minister, Senator Susan McDonald, has slammed a weak Prime Minister unable to control his Ministers from making bad decisions that have undermined our resources sector and put investments in new major projects under threat.
Shadow Resources Minister, Senator Susan McDonald, has warned the Government that despite their update to the Critical Minerals and Strategic Materials Lists, Australia risks losing investment in critical minerals due to Laborâs lethargy.
Shadow Resources Minister, Senator Susan McDonald, has slammed Prime Minister Albanese for being too weak to rein in his Energy Minister from campaigning for an end to fossil fuels on the world stage, at a time when Australiaâs coal production and exports are forecast to rise across coming years according to the December 2023 Resources and Energy Quarterly (REQ).
Broken approvals processes for resources projects, activists in the courts and shareholder meetings, and an increasingly ideological government that has the wrong priorities threatens the prosperity of every Australian.
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.