COALITION TO MAKE NAIF PERMANENT

The Coalition has announced it will make the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) a permanent institution after the Labor Government committed to only a 10-year extension.

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LABOR BUNGLING LEADS TO YET ANOTHER WINTER GAS RISK

Shadow Minister for Resources and for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald, has warned Australia is heading towards a preventable winter gas squeeze, following the latest ACCC gas inquiry which confirms tightening supply across the east coast.

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GOVERNMENT MUST PULL ALL LEVERS FOR PERDAMAN

Shadow Minister for Resources and for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald, has called on the Federal Government to urgently deploy all available levers to fast-track the Perdaman urea plant and prevent a catastrophic failure of Australia’s food production sector.

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ACTIVISTS UNDERMINE FOOD SECURITY

Shadow Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald has taken aim at anti-gas activists as Australia’s food-growing industry is just weeks away from a fertiliser crisis.

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FUEL CRISIS A LESSON IN GROSS MISMANAGEMENT

Shadow Minister for Resources, Senator Susan McDonald has demanded immediate action after reports the Federal Government’s emergency fuel release doesn’t include diesel as fishing trawlers, road freight and mining operations struggle to operate.

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TIME FOR RENEWED FOCUS ON NORTHERN AUSTRALIA SECURITY

I am honoured to have been reappointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Resources and Shadow Minister for Northern Australia. These portfolios go to the very heart of our national prosperity, and nowhere is that more evident than in Northern Australia. The Coalition under Angus Taylor wants to restore our falling standard of living and protect our way of life.

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REAPPOINTMENT TO SHADOW CABINET

I am pleased to have been reappointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Resources and Shadow Minister for Northern Australia by the Leader of the Opposition, Angus Taylor, and Leader of the Nationals David Littleproud.

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RESIGNATION FROM SHADOW CABINET

Today, Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has accepted my offer of resignation from her Shadow Cabinet.

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COALITION COMMITS TO NORTHERN AUSTRALIA AND RANGELANDS FIRE INFORMATION SERVICE FOR PASTORALISTS

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.

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COALITION LAUNCHES $20B REGIONAL AUSTRALIA FUTURE FUND

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.

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