Fast-forward 23 months to this week and almost the entire conservation movement are this week broadcasting “deep disappointment” in the Environment Minister’s failure to deliver.
Despite being a world-leading lithium producer with millions being spent each year in the search for new reserves of the key battery metal, the Western Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy (CME) says “urgent action” needs to be taken if the state is not going to fall behind its rivals.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned that the mining industry would be destroyed under Labor and then attacked Anthony Albanese for running a “disgusting” scare campaign targeting senior Australians.