Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Madeleine King has convened two roundtable discussions with Australia’s resources sector to discuss the federal government’s productivity agenda.
The roundtables in Perth yesterday (17 July) was to provide valuable sector insights that will feed into the Australian Government’s Economic Reform Roundtable, to be led by Treasurer Jim Chalmers in Canberra in August.
The Minister will host further roundtable discussions in coming weeks, including with union leadership in Western Australia and key stakeholders across Northern Australia.
She will meet with senior leaders of resources companies and host a second roundtable with leaders from the critical minerals and rare earths mining and processing sectors.
King says Australia’s resources sector has worked hard over decades to carve out a leading role as a globally significant producer of the minerals and metals that the world needs.
“The resources sector is among the most productive sectors of the national economy and the insights from this sector will help shape key questions on national productivity,” King adds.
“Australia’s critical minerals sector faces a unique set of circumstances to scaling up their operations and securing investment.”
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