An elected Dutton-Littleproud Coalition Government will allow pastoralists in Northern Australia to benefit from an online fire management tool, after committing $2.5 million over three years to allow the crucial service to continue.
The Albanese Government has been challenged to release the economic modelling of its so-called critical minerals stockpile following condemnation from Australiaâs largest critical minerals miner, Lynas Rare Earths.
After three years in office the Albanese Labor Governmentâs policy to only now âbegin talks with alliesâ on critical minerals reserves is a telling admission that Labor has dithered on national security, trade and resources policy.
Leader of The Nationals David Littleproud has announced a ground-breaking Regional Australia Future Fund, to deliver a guaranteed annual funding stream in perpetuity for regional, rural and remote Australia.
Extreme climate-change idiocy based on the Albanese Governmentâs flawed ârenewables onlyâ policy is responsible for a Labor Party proposal for taxpayers to foot the bill of importing gas into Australia.
Today, the Coalition has released its detailed and fully costed âPlan for a Strong Resources Industryâ, including the expansion of the official critical minerals list to include uranium along with zinc, bauxite, alumina, aluminium, potash, phosphate and tin.Â
An elected Dutton Coalition Government will support our mining, resources and farming sectors by investing in infrastructure to upgrade agricultural and mining roads critical to getting product to domestic and export markets.
An elected Dutton Coalition Government will turbocharge the mining and resources sector by reinstating the Junior Minerals Exploration Incentive (JMEI), cut by Labor, with $100 million capped over four years.
A Dutton-led Coalition Government will turbocharge our resources sector â and we see the future of gas as being instrumental to that.
We cherish this country because it affords opportunities like no other. But only â and I stress this point â if weâre governed well. When Australia is governed badly, dreams and ambitions become beyond reach. And thatâs whatâs happened during the last three years under the Albanese Government.
The Albanese Labor Governmentâs probe into buffel grass is ill-advised, displays an extraordinary disconnect from agricultural issues and is another example of an administration focused on the wrong priorities as it attacks Australian food production.
So mining pays the bills for Australia and I start all of my presentations with that because that is an incredibly important thing to know and I’m not sure that Australians do know that anymore. We certainly know the Treasurer doesn’t know that. And at the budget last year with a $50 billion surplus from windfall prices, he managed in his budget speech to not mention mining at all, much less coal, gas or iron ore. Couldn’t find anywhere to mention that in his speech. That is shocking.
The Albanese Labor Government must put partisan politics aside, and urgently include bauxite, alumina and aluminium on Australiaâs Critical Minerals List, due to the rising geopolitical risks and the damaging of Australiaâs investment environment the Government has presided over.
The Coalition has vowed to pour more gas into Australiaâs domestic and export markets following a warning from Japanâs largest LNG buyer that it may increasingly look to the United States for long-term reliable gas supplies.
Extreme climate-change idiocy based on the Albanese Governmentâs flawed ârenewables onlyâ policy is responsible for a Labor Party proposal for taxpayers to foot the bill of importing gas into Australia.
The radical Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) has been referred to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission to assess whether the organisation has complied with its tax-exempt charity status, after it was forced by the Federal Court to make a $9.04 million settlement with Australian oil and gas company, Santos.
Northern Australian families will be shocked by the Albanese Labor Governmentâs claims that they are financially better off in childcare payments, with the Prime Minister being accused of being tone-deaf to the fact that many regional communities cannot even access childcare.
Northern Australia will get a permanent multi-billion dollar Infrastructure Fund to underpin long term jobs and new industries as a part of an elected Dutton
Planned new major Australian resource projects are stalling at more than double the rate of a year ago with new analysis by the Governmentâs Chief Economist exposing $119 billion of stalled and cancelled projects in the coal, iron-ore and gas sectors.
Shadow Minister for Resources, Senator Susan McDonald has praised coal miner New Hope for weathering a now-abandoned legal storm brought on by the taxpayer-funded Environmental Defenders Office.
A new Government report released today has confirmed that the Albanese Labor Government has been unable to secure affordable gas for Australians, with supplies now on a knife edge while the cost of living crisis drags into 2025.
The Albanese Federal Government must explain why preparations are being made to import gas â potentially from the Middle East or USA â instead of allowing companies to access our own vast reserves.
Shadow Minister for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald has scoffed at Laborâs sudden interest in upgrading the Bruce Highway, urging the Federal Government to stop using a major Queensland issue for political point-scoring.
New reporting from the Governmentâs Chief Economist has confirmed that the future pipeline for Australiaâs resources sector is crumbling under Labor.
The Albanese Government must urgently reset the national conversation on mining and boost productivity in the resources sector amid industry criticism of flagging confidence brought on by struggling commodity prices.
Trade and industry concerns that LNG export contracts may be capped or limited in the new year is the latest signal that the Labor Government has failed to support Australiaâs gas market, and severely damages Australiaâs hard-earned international brand as a reliable trading partner and defence ally.
Todayâs Energy Ministerial Council meeting confirmed that a nation with an abundance of gas is facing a gas shortage thanks to a combination of State and Federal Labor party policies that have crippled investment, damaged sovereign risk, and failed to bring on new gas supply.
Laborâs last-minute amendment to block any support for gas, oil or coal under their Future Made in Australia legislation, will compound growing international uncertainty about Australiaâs trade credentials.
The Albanese Government must urgently cease payments to the taxpayer-funded Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) following the release of Federal Court documents that showed it tried to fabricate Indigenous heritage in an attempt to stop an essential gas project in the Timor Sea.
With gas prices skyrocketing by 33.9 per cent under Labor, the Coalition remains strong supporters of the gas industry and will oppose any attempts to stymie gas production â including todayâs introduction of a Teal bill to ban seismic testing.
