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.

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.