Senate debates
Thursday, 13 August 2026
Questions without Notice
Critical and Strategic Minerals Industry
2:51 pm
Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) | Hansard source
I thank Senator Polley for her first supplementary question—and it's particular reference to Tasmania—because no government has mobilised more support or delivered more results for critical minerals than this Albanese Labor government.
We're delivering a production tax credit to support critical minerals processing projects in Australia, and that's starting from 1 July 2027, less than six months away. We are delivering the Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve, which has already enabled a final investment decision for the Arafura Rare Earths project in the Northern Territory, which I'm shortly going to go and visit. We're committed to establishing that reserve because these minerals are essential to the modern and the future economy, and we've delivered on that commitment. This results in new— (Time expired)
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