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… and impacts on Aboriginal communities; the project’s relevance to national security; and any related matters. The committee will report by the first parliamentary sitting day of 2023. Click here to watch the video of Roberts explaining his motion and Sen. Sterle's response . Senator … this to us. I think it’s a magnificent thing, and I also think this is what we should be doing. These are the big-ticket items that, when I first came into the Senate, lo and behold, I thought we would be discussing on a daily basis. How tricked I got! But, anyway, at least let’s get back to the big stuff about building a better nation, as I said in my first speech, and leaving it better than how we found it. … “I want to support this, and we will support this, Senator Roberts. I understand the …

… Party Media Release On Friday 24 March, Senators on the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee will gather in Canberra to hold the first public hearing into Project Iron Boomerang—one of the largest infrastructure projects ever proposed in Australia. Iron Boomerang is a multifaceted infrastructure project that carries a price tag of $100 billion. Upon completion of the first stage, the project would deliver a 3,300 km rail line from QLD to WA; a fleet of 180 gas-electric locomotives; 10 state-of-the-art steel … Managing Director and project founder Shane Condon has appeared before several state and federal committees to promote the project. This is the first time the project has been exclusively investigated by Federal Parliament. The Senate voted to launch an inquiry into the project on 5 …

… Abbott Point near Mackay in Queensland, and Port Hedland in WA. At both ends multiple modular steel plants will combine the minerals into first stage steel, which can be shipped in slabs on customised container ships for further processing in Asia. Condon estimates each end would be able to export 22 million tonnes of first stage steel slabs per annum, and the process will be 20 per cent more efficient than China. The project requires an investment of $70 … “The economic benefit workforce, which is directly related and happens immediately, is 100,000”, Condon explains. “In 10 years, from the first steel, I predict that with the industries that will be world competitive, and the reindustrialisation of Australia, it will be 500,000.” The …

… this to us. I think it’s a magnificent thing, and I also think this is what we should be doing. These are the big-ticket items that, when I first came into the Senate, lo and behold, I thought we would be discussing on a daily basis. How tricked I got! But, anyway, at least let’s get back to the big stuff about building a better nation, as I said in my first speech, and leaving it better than how we found it. … “I want to support this, and we will support this, Senator Roberts. I understand the …

… to vote for the leader of her own party. Add to the above crimes of omission the plight of financial victims, exemplified by the victims of the Sterling First scam, many of whose lives are at risk, if they have not already died amid their battle (p. 3). We must understand that governments can act, …