Mining Industry Got Australia Through Economic Recessions, Pandemic: Liberal MP

In 2020, more than 60 percent of China's iron ore imports came from Australia. This picture shows Fortescue Solomon iron ore mine located in the Valley of the Kings in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. David Gray/Reuters

Queensland Liberal MP Garth Hamilton has commended Australia’s mining sector for sustaining the nation’s economic prosperity during the 90s recession, the GFC, and more recently through the pandemic.

This comes as federal Labor Treasurer Jim Chalmers said that Australia’s resources sector has been “a force for good.”