Media Releases
Joint media release with the Hon Chris Bowen MP, Minister for Climate Change and Energy.
The Albanese Government will ensure Australia’s long-term access to affordable gas alongside renewables, while maintaining our reputation as a solid and reliable export partner that supports our region’s energy security.
Income from Australian resources and energy exports will continue to retreat from historical highs over the coming two years amid the fallout over global trade tensions and conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine.
The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) will invest up to $50 million to create jobs and give a further boost to Western Australia’s economy by providing support for the Butcherbird manganese project.
I am honoured to be reappointed Federal Minister for Resources and Minister for Northern Australia as part of a re-elected Albanese Labor Government.
The Albanese Government is building Australia’s future by ensuring households and businesses have reliable energy supply at times of high demand.
Joint media release with Minister for Climate Change and Energy the Hon Chris Bowen MP.
The Albanese Government has signed an agreement to bring more Australian gas into the domestic market, improving local supply pressures for a further four years to 2029.
Australia will produce and process more of the minerals needed for the energy transition after Parliament supported the Albanese Government’s Critical Minerals Production Tax Incentive legislation.
Joint media release with Treasurer Jim Chalmers, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen, and Assistant Minister for Trade and for a Future Made in Australia Tim Ayres.
Today the Albanese Labor Government’s Future Made in Australia (Production Tax Credit and Other Measures) Bill 2024 passed the Senate, supporting Australia’s efforts to decarbonise our industries and produce and process more of the minerals needed for the energy transition.
Joint media release with the Hon David Michael MLA, WA Minister for Mines and Petroleum.
The Australian and Western Australian Governments are teaming up to bolster Australia’s critical minerals processing power
Joint media release with Treasurer the Hon Dr Jim Chalmers MP.
Peak resources industry bodies have thrown their support behind Labor’s production tax incentives, encouraging members of Parliament and senators to back the Albanese Government’s legislation currently before the House of Representatives.