Along with my colleagues, we have spent the last two years listening, engaging, and working with the resources sector. We know what your sector needs to flourish; to get Australia back on track. A Peter Dutton-led Coalition Government will deliver on that.

We know what needs to be done to deliver and sustain the next mining boom for Australia: Affordable energy; Access to gas; Reduced and streamlined approval processes; Investment certainty; Workable and flexible IR laws. We now need the keys to government. We are ready.

Shadow Minister for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald, is urging the Queensland Government to fast-track CopperString 2.0 to supercharge the North West Minerals Province as part of its 70 per cent renewable energy target, saying the timelines proposed by the government risked the state losing a competitive edge.