Labor Senator Murray Watt has told a conference focused on developing northern Australia that the Labor Party sees the resource sector—particularly coal, iron ore, gas, and critical minerals—as a critical component to the country’s economic recovery from the CCP virus recession.
“The jobs in these industries are important—to families, to the north, and the nation—and they deserve our ongoing support,” Watt told the Developing Northern Australian conference on Nov. 23. “To fully realise these industries’ potential, we need to take them to the next level, through diversification and value-adding.”
