Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

r FARRELL (—) (): I thank Senator Sterle for his extremely insightful question once again. The resources that Australia has been blessed with are human as well as mineral. Across Australia there are scientists, researchers and business leaders who are leading the world when it comes to battery technology. From the Future Battery Industries CRC at Curtin University to the National Battery Testing Centre at QUT, we are at the cutting edge of this technology. Modern batteries are built not just on smart chemistry but on smart technology as well, and this is a vital capacity that we must foster, and your state of Western Australia is leading the way in that regard.