RE: Big news16 May 2018 09:56
"Without limiting their work, I will ask them to focus on policies that can attract investment, contribute to regional economic progress, build community support, cut red tape, find new minerals and ensure that Australia gets best use of its mineral resources before they are exported," Senator Canavan will say.
Indigenous community leader Marcia Langton has been appointed as a member of the review taskforce, which will be led by Queensland's former Liberal National Party minister for natural resources, Andrew Cripps.
The mining-industry will have four heavyweights on the panel including BHP's president of operations Mike Henry, the chief executive of Whitehaven Coal Paul *****, and president of the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies Will Robinson. The mayor of Mt Isa, Joyce McCulloch, has also been appointed.