The Crisafulli Queensland Government’s 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.

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.

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.

The recent closure of Alcoa’s alumina refinery is yet another notch on Labor’s shameful track record on securing Australia’s critical minerals potential, as they continue to drive Australian industry, investment, and jobs offshore.

Labor’s gas market interventions have failed the East Coast market, the ACCC has confirmed in their most recent Interim Gas report. 

The Government’s own consumer watchdog, the ACCC, has today warned gas shortages are imminent for southern states from the end of this year.

Today, the Coalition has released its detailed and fully costed “Plan for a Strong Resources Industry”, including the expansion of the official critical minerals list to include uranium along with zinc, bauxite, alumina, aluminium, potash, phosphate and tin. 

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 – 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 – and I stress this point – if we’re governed well. When Australia is governed badly, dreams and ambitions become beyond reach. And that’s what’s happened during the last three years under the Albanese Government.