QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator McDONALD (Queensland—Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the Senate) (14:37): The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies told a Senate inquiry last week that the government's Critical Minerals Strategy says that the world needs 50 new lithium mines, 60 new nickel mines and 17 new cobalt mines. It seems counterintuitive to make exploring for these minerals fundamentally harder in Australia, but that's what the proposed CGT reforms do.

Does the government's legislation align with the government's Critical Minerals Strategy?