Susan McDonald (Queensland, National Party, Shadow Minister for Resources and Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Industry and Innovation, Senator Ayres. Minister, Iluka Resources are planning on suspending operations at their Cataby mineral sands mine and their only operating synthetic rutile processing kiln in Western Australia in less than a month, putting hundreds of jobs at risk. Following this, BHP has scaled back production at its Yandi iron ore mine, and South32 have announced redundancies at their Worsley operation due to increasing cost pressures, putting hundreds more jobs at risk. Across the country, we've seen the deindustrialisation of Australia, thanks to your failed energy and industry policies. How many more jobs will be lost under your watch?