The Hon Keith Pitt MP Media Releases
Joint media release with Assistant Minister for Northern Australia, the Hon Michelle Landry MP and Member for Herbert Mr Phillip Thompson OAM, MP
Another major hurdle has been cleared for two major projects in Queensland funded through the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF).
The Australian Government is continuing to work with State and Territory Ministers and the resources sector to ensure critical projects keep operating during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt has welcomed the long-term commitment by some of Australia’s largest mining and upstream petroleum companies to major resources projects, despite the major economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Joint media release with Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction The Hon Angus Taylor MP.
Australia’s domestic gas supplies are secure for at least three years, but more gas will be needed in the southern states to meet demand in the longer term, according to a new report by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO).
Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt has welcomed a Productivity Commission draft report as a timely reminder that all levels of government need to continue to work to remove unnecessary barriers to the sector’s growth.
Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt has brought together some of Australia’s biggest resources companies and key industry representative groups to prepare a unified response from the sector to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak.
Joint media release with Assistant Minister for Northern Australia, the Hon Michelle Landry MP
The Morrison Government has announced the appointment of eight members to the Advisory Group on Northern Australia, including Chair Glenys Schuntner, to help develop a new five-year plan for northern Australia development.
Australia’s resource and energy export earnings are forecast to set a record of $299 billion in 2019-20, an increase of $18 billion from 2018-19.
Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt has welcomed an overdue decision by the Victorian Government to lift the moratorium on onshore conventional gas exploration and development.
The redeveloped Katnook Gas Processing Facility near Penola in south-east South Australia is set to again provide natural gas to the region following a major redevelopment, assisted through a $6 million grant from the Federal Government’s Gas Acceleration Program.