I am deeply saddened by the tragic incident at BMA’s Peak Downs mine this morning, which has claimed the life of one worker and left another seriously injured.

The latest Resources and Energy Quarterly report has today confirmed that uranium is key to global energy supply, as demand and prices are set to increase in coming years, renewing calls from the Coalition to add uranium to Australia’s Critical Minerals List.

Labor’s anti-mining regulations, combined with crippling coal royalty rates are forcing job losses and impacting support industries in regional communities, sparking calls for an urgent review.
Shadow Minister for Resources, Senator Susan McDonald said mining companies were preparing to mothball their Queensland assets and had started alerting suppliers that their services were no longer required.

Concerning reports that an Australian shipment of key defence critical minerals was delayed and then returned to Australia by China, highlights the weakness of the Albanese Government’s critical minerals agenda, and raises concerns of Australia’s ability to guarantee supply to the United States.

Soaring energy costs, unworkable industrial relations laws and over-regulation mean we don’t have a ‘Future Made In Australia’ under this government, it’s a nightmare made in Australia.

Reports that Glencore’s Mount Isa copper smelter and Townsville refinery are on the cusp of closure should jolt the Albanese Labor Government into action.

An elected Dutton-Littleproud Coalition Government will allow pastoralists in Northern Australia to benefit from an online fire management tool, after committing $2.5 million over three years to allow the crucial service to continue.

The Albanese Government has been challenged to release the economic modelling of its so-called critical minerals stockpile following condemnation from Australia’s largest critical minerals miner, Lynas Rare Earths.

After three years in office the Albanese Labor Government’s policy to only now “begin talks with allies” on critical minerals reserves is a telling admission that Labor has dithered on national security, trade and resources policy.

Leader of The Nationals David Littleproud has announced a ground-breaking Regional Australia Future Fund, to deliver a guaranteed annual funding stream in perpetuity for regional, rural and remote Australia.