Media Releases
Joint media release with NSW Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Paul Scully, Net Zero Economy Authority CEO David Shankey, Member for the Hunter, Dan Repacholi, Muswellbrook Shire Council Mayor Jeffrey Drayton, and Lake Macquarie Mayor Adam Shultz.
The Albanese Government, through the Net Zero Economy Authority and with in-kind support from the New South Wales Government, has finalised the Funding Agreement to deliver master plans for two mine sites in the Hunter region: BHP’s Mt Arthur site in Muswellbrook and Glencore’s Macquarie Coal site near Lake Macquarie.
Joint media release with Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen.
This week Australia is hosting 13 leading US clean tech manufacturing companies to showcase the immense opportunities in investing in Australian projects.
Joint media release with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese MP.
Australia’s top scientists, innovators and educators have been recognised in the 2025 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science.
Joint media release with Minister for Indigenous Australians Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy.
The inaugural Prime Minister’s Prize for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems has been awarded to Malgana man, Professor Michael Wear.
Joint media release with Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy, Dr Andrew Charlton.
Questacon’s newest exhibit is now ready for young explorers following a major redevelopment of the National Science and Technology Centre’s early childhood gallery.
Consultation has opened for the design of the Albanese Labor Government’s $2 billion Green Aluminium Production Credit.
Nyrstar’s Port Pirie multi-metals facility will this week commence a scheduled $80 million investment program to improve efficiency and maintain the long-term competitiveness of one of Australia’s most significant metals processing assets.
Joint media release with Queensland Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Minister for Manufacturing and Minister for Regional and Rural Development, Dale Last
The Albanese Government and Crisafulli Government will invest up to $600 million over the next three years in Glencore’s Mount Isa Copper Smelter and Townsville Refinery – protecting more than 600 direct jobs and a further 500 jobs at the nearby Phosphate Hill facility.
Joint media release with the Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy, Andrew Charlton
Australia’s vibrant space ecosystem is on show this week, as international agencies, companies, astronauts, scientists and engineers come together in Sydney for the world’s leading space event.
Joint media release with Premier of South Australia, Peter Malinauskas
The Whyalla Steelworks is on the lookout for even more tradespeople as it continues to ramp up production, as the sales process continues under the administration jointly funded by the Albanese and Malinauskas Labor Governments.