Media Releases
Australia’s resources and energy export earnings are forecast to return to long-term trends over the coming two years on the back of softer world growth and improved supply, but the long-term outlook looks increasingly positive as prices stabilise and demand from India grows.
Building Ministers have agreed to work together to cut red tape and enable further expansion and growth in Australia’s prefabricated and modular construction industry.
The Australian Government has agreed to join Landsat Next, the pioneering satellite program led by NASA and the US Geological Survey, which will map and observe the changing surface of the Earth to support mining exploration, monitoring of the Earth’s climate, water and environment, crop and agricultural health, and management of floods, fires and natural disasters.
Joint media release with Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Joint media release with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese MP, Northern Territory Chief Minister Eva Lawler MLA, and Minister for Trade and Tourism Senator Don Farrell.
The Albanese Government will provide up to $840 million (US$550 million) to help deliver
Australia’s first combined rare earths mine and refinery in the Northern Territory, creating
local jobs and securing Australia’s position as a renewable energy superpower.
Joint media release with Minister for Climate Change and Energy the Hon Chris Bowen MP.
The Albanese Government is helping secure Australia and the world’s renewable energy supply
chains by backing the Kathleen Valley Lithium Project in Western Australia.
Australia and Canada have agreed to work together to improve transparency in critical minerals supply chains and to promote recognition of strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards in critical minerals markets.
Australia is a leading supplier of the minerals the world needs to reach net zero according to the latest Australia’s Identified Mineral Resources (AIMR) report.
Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Madeleine King will visit Canada and the United States from March 3 to 8 to attend a global mining conference and hold high-level talks on the critical minerals needed to support low-emissions technologies.
The Albanese Government is backing a series of local space projects to help grow Australia’s space industry.