Shadow Minister for Resources, Senator Susan McDonald has delivered a bold vision for Australia’s resources future, saying the sector has a vital role to play in defence and in helping the country take a leading role in international partnerships such as AUKUS.

Shadow Minister for Resources, Senator Susan McDonald has urged the Albanese Labor Government to release the shackles it has imposed on Australian mining so companies can better weather volatile world markets.

The Labor Government’s $8.3 million grant to the Environmental Defenders Office is looking even more scandalous after a review into the organisation’s use of Commonwealth funding in the Barossa gas pipeline case was quietly released on Thursday night.

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.

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.