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The Hon Keith Pitt MP
Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia
The Hon Keith Pitt MP was sworn in as Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia on 6 February 2020.
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Delivering CopperString 2.0 and creating regional jobs in Queensland
20 January 2021
Joint media release with Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor, and Member for Herbert Phillip Thompson
The Liberal National Coalition Government is backing regional jobs, industry development and affordable reliable power through continued support for CopperString 2.0.
Roads investment to open up major gas project in the Northern Territory
14 January 2021
Joint media release with Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack, Assistant Minister for Road Safety and Freight Transport Scott Buchholz, Senator for the Northern Territory Sam McMahon, and Northern Territory Minister for Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics Eva Lawler
The Coalition Government is taking further steps to fast track the enormous economic benefits of the Beetaloo Basin with the announcement of the Northern Territory’s Gas Industry Roads Upgrades program, funded through the Roads of Strategic Importance (ROSI) initiative.
$4 million in new community grant funding for regional South Australian communities
22 December 2020
Joint media release with Rowan Ramsey MP, Member for Grey
Around 35 projects in regional South Australia will share in a $4 million Coalition Government investment through the Community Benefit Program (CBP).
Resources and energy exports remain robust
21 December 2020
The outlook for Australia’s resource and energy exports has improved over the past three months, as global economic activity rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic, with resources and energy exports to remain robust after earning a record $291 billion in 2019–20.