Senate debates

Tuesday, 28 October 2025

Questions without Notice

United States-Australia Framework for Securing of Supply in the Mining and Processing of Critical Minerals and Rare Earths

2:47 pm

Photo of David PocockDavid Pocock (ACT, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, it's unclear from your answer how much Australians will actually get from exploiting our resources. Last time Labor was in power, you signed export gas agreements—multibillion, multidecadal agreements—which have really seen us not benefit that much at all from offshore LNG. Petroleum resource rent tax is set to decline. Japan is making over $1 billion onselling our gas. One in seven Australians now live in poverty. What is the plan for critical minerals to actually ensure that Australians benefit from Australian resources?

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