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Media welcome. Access is limited and security tight.

To attend plenary be at the Merivale Street security gate at 8 for access. Speaker list below.

For Treasurer’s media call and speech, be at the Merivale Street security gate at 9 am. 

Emeritus Professor Ian Lowe AO op ed

The potential impacts of climate change are not well known or understood by the mining industry, despite them being clearly identified in the sixth volume of the IPCC report released in 2021-23.

Addressing impacts of climate change is a global problem. Industries that operate globally must be part of the solution by actively developing responses that can be both adapted and adopted across their locations.

• “It’s about time you got here!” – Hua Guo
• “We can be proud of the mining sector” – Marek Cala
• “Achieving net zero is only possible if we completely reimagine our future” – Larry Marshall
• “Queensland plans to be a renewable energy super power” – Annastacia Palaszczuk
• “Demand for critical minerals for clean-energy technologies [will] grow very quickly” – Tim Gould
• “We can eliminate discrimination, harassment, and assault” – Rohitesh Dhawan
• “The national golden goose” – Mike Henry

Speech to the 26^th World Mining Congress Brisbane, 28 June 2023

Slide 1: Heading slide

Thank-you Jillian, it is great to be able to talk to you this morning from my hometown here in Brisbane.

 I would like to begin by acknowledging the Traditional Owners on both sides of the river – the Jagera and Turrubal peoples, and also extend that respect to all other First Nations people in the audience today – welcome to Brisbane!

Thanks Jillian for that kind introduction.  

I would like to begin by acknowledging the Jagera people and the Turrbal people as the traditional owners of the land we are on today and pay my respects to their elders past and present. Caring for our lands and our people is the most important job we do. 

As Dr Guo said this is the first time Australia has hosted the conference in its 65-year history, and I am very pleased that, after a disrupted couple of years with the pandemic, we are finally all together.  

CSIRO has worked with the mining industry for over a century, and as one of the largest minerals research and development groups in the world, we have a strong track record delivering innovative solutions across the value chain.