Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

Australia's resource industry is world leading. The world needs our raw materials and mining, and we have been a proud, consistent and reliable supplier of such minerals right across the world, in terms of support for the growth of others. Australia is the world's largest producer of iron ore, metallurgical coal, LNG and bauxite and the second-largest producer of gold and thermal coal. Australia also has extensive resources of nickel, copper and zinc, metals that will be key for the future economy. We're increasingly looking to and working with companies like Lynas in the value-adding of our resources. Our mining equipment, technology and services industry is world leading, itself exporting around $27 billion worth of Australian know-how and expertise to support resources projects across the globe.

Australia has many robust trading partners. We export our resources to many of the world's major economies, meeting their demands and their needs, but, in doing so, creating jobs, and opportunities for Australians and for Australian businesses to grow. (Time expired)