Critical Mineral Initatives

Question

Senator SHARMA: Then, which parts of government are involved in critical minerals initiatives, and what's DFAT's role? Ms Adams: We do all the critical minerals work in collaboration with DISR, and there are funding streams for critical minerals work, including the contribution that Export Finance Australia is making to that work overall. Senator SHARMA: Did you have something you wished to add, Mr Woods? Mr Woods: No, not at all. Senator SHARMA: It looked like you wanted to so- Ms Adams: He also looks smart. Senator SHARMA: The ports of the future partnerships, which is the one that you just announced, Minister, last week-what's the involvement of DFAT in delivering that, and what are the other parts of government involved in that? Senator Wong: To make sure we can answer it more fully, we'll take it on notice to add to it, but I don't know what others can assist with. I was really pleased that this became one of the announcements. It was one of the things we pressed for, and we're obviously very happy that it's operating or providing some important investment or cooperation in Fiji. The point I was making-and it was a general point, and Mr Kenna might correct me-is that you wouldn't need to allocate additional funding over and above existing programs which are already directed at infrastructure in the Pacific for us to do our bit, because we've already allocated substantial funding, including lifting the allocation to AIFFP and, as I said earlier, reprioritising development assistance to the region. Mr Kenna might want to add to that.

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