Keith Pitt (Hinkler, National Party, Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

Whether it's a fighter plane or an iPhone, critical minerals are critical to the development of these industries. There is an opportunity for us; there is an opportunity for Australians; there is an opportunity for jobs. So we will continue to look for those opportunities in regional Australia; we'll continue to look for those opportunities in downstream processing, particularly of critical minerals, and in hydrogen. We've heard the minister for energy and, of course, the minister for industry talk about the opportunities for hydrogen. It is an untapped jackpot for the Australian economy. We're working closely with the Victorian government and the Japanese government, in partnership, on the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain project. I'm sure you know this, Mr Speaker, but I can inform the House as well—what are they using for feedstock? It's brown coal. Brown coal in Victoria—

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