The Hon Keith Pitt MP Media Releases
Public consultation is now open on 10 potential areas to be released for offshore petroleum exploration.
Minister for Resources and Water Keith Pitt says our resources exploration industry can now access another world-leading dataset, revealing exciting new prospective regions across more than one million square kilometres of northern Australia.
The agency charged with delivering a facility to safely store Australia’s radioactive waste, currently spread over more than 100 locations, has its first Chief Executive Officer following a global recruitment search.
Today the Prime Minister appointed me to Cabinet as the Minister for Resources and Water.
One month after the largest earthquake to hit south-eastern Australia in more than 200 years, small aftershocks are still being recorded by Geoscience Australia’s National Earthquake Alerts Centre (NEAC).
Joint media release with Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction the Hon Angus Taylor MP
The Morrison Government has committed $250 million to a new program that will turbocharge the development of commercial-scale carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) projects and hubs across Australia and create up to 1,500 jobs.
Australia’s resources and energy exports are forecast to earn a record $349 billion for 2021-22, with a strong recovery for coal and despite lower iron ore prices and the ongoing impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Joint media release with the Prime Minister, the Hon. Scott Morrison MP and Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, the Hon Dan Tehan MP.
The Morrison Government will establish a $2 billion loan facility for Australian critical minerals projects to help secure the vital supplies of resources needed to drive the new energy economy and support the resources jobs of the future.
Joint media release with the Member for Dawson, George Christensen MP
The Australian Government will turbocharge economic development and jobs across central Queensland by unlocking the gas resources in the North Bowen and Galilee basins under a new strategic basin plan released today.
The Minister for Resources and Water Keith Pitt released today a consultation paper on the impact of the Junior Minerals Exploration Incentive, which is playing an important role in uncovering new resources deposits across Australia.