Federal Shadow Minister for Resources, Senator Susan McDonald has hailed the opening of Olive Downs steel-making coal mine in Central Queensland, and urged the Albanese Government to remove impediments on the coal sector.
Shadow Minister for Resources, Senator Susan McDonald has questioned the Albanese Governmentâs genuine desire to back Australian critical mineral interests, saying todayâs funding announcement in Gladstone does not reverse the policy failures of the last two years.
This is a total failure of leadership by Premier Steven Miles and Prime Minister Athony Albanese. Sadly, the people of Mossman will pay the price for Laborâs disinterest and apathy towards an iconic far northern business, in an iconic Queensland industry.
Shadow Minister for Resources and for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald, has labelled a Greens-led Senate Inquiry into the Northern Territoryâs Middle Arm development precinct a âfarceâ amid revelations witnesses at this weekâs Darwin hearings had been threatened with âtribal punishmentâ.
The Environmental Defenders Office has been accused again of launching vexatious legal action to hamper approved developments, this time in an attempt to scuttle a new Queensland steel-making coal mine.
Todayâs release of the ACCC Quarterly Gas Inquiry report claims that there will be no gas shortfalls this year, however it hides Laborâs true colours on gas supply. Shadow Minister for Resources, Senator Susan McDonald, highlighted that the âsurplusâ of gas on the east coast was in fact due to a decrease in demand as manufactures close Australian operations, rather than increased supply.
The release of the March Resources and Energy Quarterly (REQ) highlights that despite easing global prices for coal and gas, Australiaâs resources sector is still holding up the national accounts with $417 billion in earnings for 2023-24, as Australian steel-making coal continues to dominate global markets.
Laborâs appalling approach to bipartisanship has been displayed yet again, with their unnecessary capitulation to Greens pressure to block voting on their own legislation fixing offshore gas regulations.
Shadow Minister for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald, and Queensland seafood identities have warned the traditional Australian Easter fish banquet is under threat unless the Queensland and Federal Governments stand up to a UNESCO demand to ban net fishing and instead back the stateâs well-regulated and sustainable commercial fishers.
Dire shortfall warnings from the energy market regulator, and reports of using diesel to prop up gas generators are yet another wakeup call for the Federal Government and its energy policies.
Senator Susan McDonald, Shadow Minister for Resources, said that thanks to Laborâs utter incompetence in managing our gas and energy market over the last two years, Australians can expect gas shortfalls earlier than first forecast.
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.
