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 Coalition has vowed to pour more gas into Australia’s domestic and export markets following a warning from Japan’s 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 Government’s flawed “renewables only” policy is responsible for a Labor Party proposal for taxpayers to foot the bill of importing gas into Australia.

Planned new major Australian resource projects are stalling at more than double the rate of a year ago with new analysis by the Government’s 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 – potentially from the Middle East or USA – instead of allowing companies to access our own vast reserves.

New reporting from the Government’s Chief Economist has confirmed that the future pipeline for Australia’s 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 Australia’s gas market, and severely damages Australia’s hard-earned international brand as a reliable trading partner and defence ally.