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FEENEY: What sort of things do you think we could make more of in Australia?
PRIME MINISTER: Well, for example, just on Monday there was in Gladstone the launch of electrolysers, basically making green hydrogen, which can be used potentially to make green aluminium there in Central Queensland. So, green steel, these new products that will be in demand as the world moves to a net zero emissions system right across the board. So, it’s really about how Australia must take the opportunity. The whole world is moving in this direction. It’s not the old protectionism, it’s a new competition and you have first mover advantage with any innovation going forward. And so I think we certainly can make more things here. And just a couple of weeks ago, down at Liddell in the Upper Hunter, we announced the potential for manufacturing our own solar panels. There’s a lot of solar panels on roofs. But at the moment they’re all produced largely in China, in just one country. We need to be more resilient as an economy, and that’s really what the speech is about.
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Source: Office of the Australian Prime Minister
Speaker: The Hon. Anthony Albanese MP, Prime Minister of Australia
Format: Interview
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