Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

I certainly can. Earlier this year Minister Madeleine King announced close to $50 million in grants under the Critical Minerals Development Program. You might be interested to know, Senator Sterle, that those grants included $5.9 million to the Browns Range heavy rare earths project in Halls Creek, in your state of Western Australia, creating 54 new jobs, and $6.25 million to the magnesium refinery pilot plan in Collie, Western Australia, creating 46 new jobs. Beyond that, we've also committed $57.1 million for international partnerships in critical minerals. The Minister for Resources has been working with counterparts in India, the United States and across Europe to progress our shared interest in building strong and diverse global supply chains in critical minerals. We also know all the levers to build our industry can't just sit in one portfolio, and that's why Minister Husic is working with the newly appointed National Reconstruction Fund board to deliver the $1 billion earmarked to support value-adding in resources.