JOINT STATEMENT – LABOR STILL HAS NO LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO INCREASE NATURAL GAS SUPPLY

The Labor Government has put Australia’s natural gas market under extreme pressure, with heavy-handed interventions and policies that are harming investment, and suffocating supply.

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OPINION: LAWFARE THREATENS ECONOMY

The Federal offshore oil and gas regulator is listing aimlessly in the murky waters of poor regulatory clarity, taxpayer-funded environmental lawfare, and a Government that seems intent on persecuting the oil and gas industry to appease Sydney and Melbourne elites.

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COAL STILL KING IN QUEENSLAND

Federal Shadow Minister for Resources, Senator Susan McDonald, has labelled Queensland and Federal Labor’s attacks on Australian coal mining “utter madness” as figures show coal’s enormous contribution to Queensland’s economy.

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MINERALS DEVELOPMENT NEEDED FOR NEXT CHAPTER OF MT ISA

Shadow Minister for Resources and for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald, has called upon the Queensland and Federal Labor Governments to commit to the future economic strength of North West Queensland and the workforce of Mt Isa, and outline how it will support further development in the North West Minerals Province after Glencore’s decision to close Mt Isa Mines.

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LABOR-FUNDED LAWFARE BLOCKS NATURAL GAS APPROVALS

Shadow Minister for Resources, Senator Susan McDonald, said today’s Federal Court decision to overturn the regulator’s approval for a significant offshore natural gas project in Western Australia, was another example of Labor’s funding for green activists undermining Australia’s future prosperity.

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ADDRESS TO NORTHERN TERRITORY RESOURCES WEEK 2023

So I thank for the work you do; the work you have done and the work you will do – the contributions to building our modern society, in the workplace and economically, through safer workplaces, and well paid opportunities for a diverse workforce; taxes and royalties paid, contributions to regional communities as well as investments environmentally, and partnerships with traditional owners all of which often goes unseen and underappreciated by wider society.

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LABOR’S ANTI-GAS POLICIES PUTTING AUSTRALIAN FAMILIES AT RISK

Today’s report by the Energy Market Operator, AEMO, confirms our worst fears that Labor is driving Australia headlong towards a gas and energy crisis.

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LABOR-GREENS SNEAKY DEAL ON COAL AND GAS MEANS MORE PAIN FOR INDUSTRY AND FAMILIES

The Opposition Shadow Minister for Industry, Sussan Ley and the Shadow Minister for Resources, Senator Susan McDonald, have slammed the secret Labor-Greens alliance that will hurt Australian jobs and families.

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WHAT IS WATT DOING TO HELP WA SMALL BUSINESSES?

Small businesses in North Western Australia are unable to access vital flood recovery grants while the Emergency Management Minister blames the State for the delay.

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GOVERNING BY IDEOLOGY HURTS BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITIES

Shadow Resources Minister, Senator Susan McDonald says she holds deep concerns over the Labor
Government’s lawmaking procedures based on “ideology and not information” which has resulted in
a string of bad outcomes for Australian businesses and communities.

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