In its groundbreaking new report All at Sea: Fuel, War, and Australiaâs Achillesâ Heel, the Page Research Centre has outlined a pathway to restoring Australiaâs self-sustainability, including incentivising domestic oil drilling, expanding fuel reserves as supply bridges, establishing a dedicated fuel security budget and approving coal-to-liquid pilot plants.
Todayâs latest Gas Statement of Opportunity Outlook from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) paints a sobering picture about the urgent need to invest in gas in the country, while the Middle East conflict continues to put pressure on global energy supply.
Mining pays the bills for Australia. These words remain as true today as when I made the same statement two years ago, when we last gathered for Minerals Week, and as true as 100 years ago.
The copper fields of Cloncurry to the development of coal in Queensland transformed my state from an agrarian economy – and cheap electricity (as well as the removal of death duties) turbo-charged the state into a powerhouse of small businesses, manufacturing, tourism and the arts.Â
Reports that the Albanese Government is considering a new levy on Australiaâs gas and coal exports should alarm every Australian household and business already struggling under Laborâs economic mismanagement.
Shadow Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald has taken aim at anti-gas activists as Australiaâs food-growing industry is just weeks away from a fertiliser crisis.
Shadow Minister for Resources, Senator Susan McDonald has demanded immediate action after reports the Federal Governmentâs emergency fuel release doesnât include diesel as fishing trawlers, road freight and mining operations struggle to operate.
I am honoured to have been reappointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Resources and Shadow Minister for Northern Australia. These portfolios go to the very heart of our national prosperity, and nowhere is that more evident than in Northern Australia. The Coalition under Angus Taylor wants to restore our falling standard of living and protect our way of life.
I am pleased to have been reappointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Resources and Shadow Minister for Northern Australia by the Leader of the Opposition, Angus Taylor, and Leader of the Nationals David Littleproud.
The Crisafulli Queensland Governmentâs announcement to unlock new oil and gas tenure in the Taroom trough is a win for Queensland businesses and households who want affordable, reliable, secure energy.
Today, Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has accepted my offer of resignation from her Shadow Cabinet.
Shadow Minister for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald and Shadow Emergency Management Minister, Senator Ross Cadell have urged the Albanese Labor Government to follow the North West Queensland flood response blueprint laid out by the Coalition after similar floods in 2019.
The Albanese Government has been dragged kicking and screaming into finally realising the urgent need to secure Australian gas for Australians, yet have provided no detail as to how they will support new gas investments, new gas infrastructure, or remove their failed interventions.
North Queensland-based Senator, Susan McDonald says âenough is enoughâ after listening to people and businesses struggling to afford power prices due to Laborâs aggressive net zero policies.
Up to 1000 jobs are in immediate jeopardy at the Tomago Aluminium smelter, with reports indicating the plant may be forced to shut down due to soaring energy prices.
It is clear that Australia holds the minerals and the capability to supply the next mining boom, and deliver the strategic and critical minerals our partners need. What is not clear is whether we will be able to maximise this opportunity â and this is where the Albanese Labor Government has been asleep at the wheel.
Shadow Minister for Northern Australia and Resources, Senator Susan McDonald is scheduled to question senior trade and agriculture officials in Senate Estimates today â National Banana Day â over a push by the Philippines to export bananas to Australia in a move that could devastate one of Australiaâs most successful horticultural industries.
The latest Resources and Energy Quarterly report has today confirmed that uranium is key to global energy supply, as demand and prices are set to increase in coming years, renewing calls from the Coalition to add uranium to Australiaâs Critical Minerals List.
The recent closure of Alcoaâs alumina refinery is yet another notch on Laborâs shameful track record on securing Australiaâs critical minerals potential, as they continue to drive Australian industry, investment, and jobs offshore.
Laborâs gas market interventions have failed the East Coast market, the ACCC has confirmed in their most recent Interim Gas report.Â
Laborâs anti-mining regulations, combined with crippling coal royalty rates are forcing job losses and impacting support industries in regional communities, sparking calls for an urgent review.
Shadow Minister for Resources, Senator Susan McDonald said mining companies were preparing to mothball their Queensland assets and had started alerting suppliers that their services were no longer required.
Shadow Minister for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald has called on the Albanese Government to protect Australian banana farmers after the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry indicated it will review quarantine arrangements in relation to banana imports from the Philippines.
Concerning reports that an Australian shipment of key defence critical minerals was delayed and then returned to Australia by China, highlights the weakness of the Albanese Governmentâs critical minerals agenda, and raises concerns of Australiaâs ability to guarantee supply to the United States.
Soaring energy costs, unworkable industrial relations laws and over-regulation mean we donât have a âFuture Made In Australiaâ under this government, itâs a nightmare made in Australia.
The Governmentâs own consumer watchdog, the ACCC, has today warned gas shortages are imminent for southern states from the end of this year.
Reports that Glencoreâs Mount Isa copper smelter and Townsville refinery are on the cusp of closure should jolt the Albanese Labor Government into action.
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.
