Senate debates

Tuesday, 25 June 2024

Questions without Notice

Uranium

2:06 pm

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

The ambition of this Albanese Labor government is of course to increase our—

An opposition senator: Prices!

exports—and push up the prices of those exports, of course. We have a situation, Senator Birmingham, where our terms of trade have never been as great as they are at the moment, and the volumes of trade. One of the products we are exporting is uranium. Just a few minutes ago I met with the people from the Port of Newcastle, a wonderful port that's in the process of a massive—

Yes, here we are: Senator Cadell knows all about it, knows all about the Port of Newcastle. We're on the cusp of an amazing expansion under the Albanese Labor government. (Time expired)

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