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EPISODE · Aug 15, 2025 · 49 MIN

Queensland Senator Susan McDonald: The Crisis in Australia's Mineral Smelting Industry

from The National Conservatism Institute of Australia Podcast

My guest today is Queensland Senator Susan McDonald. Today we discuss: The serious crisis in Australia's mining processing and smelting industry with potentially 70,000 jobs at riskWhether the key plants, and manufacturing more generally in Australia, can survive so long as we continue with "net zero" and other related carbon dioxide emission commitmentsWhether we also need a reassessment of trade policy with China and others in order to reboot manufacturingHer views on the potential for expansion of gas, critical minerals, and "green steel".What Australian centre-right should learn from the new American administration And much more https://susanmcdonald.com.au/

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