Newly minted environment minister Murray Watt’s trip to Western Australia this week is an important gesture for symbolic and substantive reasons. The Queensland MP’s appointment is unlikely to represent a radical change to the re-elected Albanese government’s approach to the portfolio. Yet the decision to make Perth his first visit is a clear sign that Labor is looking for a “reset” of the so-called nature-positive reforms that faltered under his predecessor, Tanya Plibersek.
Mining magnate Andrew Forrest has identified the two mega-trends in the resources sector: our biggest importer China is changing and the iron ore sector has peaked as Australia’s economic powerhouse. David Rowe
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