Chris Spyrou

I know that it's of top importance for Australia, but are there other countries that we're competing with in this space?

What is it about Australia that gives us the competitive edge in that respect?

I know a bunch of the countries you just mentioned, the US, Canada, the EU, South Korea, we have signed deals with them, Japan most recently.

What is it about Australia that they are drawn to?

And at the time of Anthony Albanese's visit, we were talking here about how Australia was really taking advantage of that fractured US-China relationship and kind of almost hopping in there and getting this deal over the line.

In terms of Australia and Australia's role here and the significance of us here, who were the big players?

I understand Gina Reinhart is a significant player in this space, right?

You mentioned a little earlier Australia's environmental and social standards and how they very much appeal to at least the US and a lot of our Western allies.

Can you talk to us a little bit about what's happening overseas when it comes to mining these minerals?

How do other countries do it?

How bad does it get when it comes to this industry of mining critical minerals?

What does it look like?

Bringing it back to Australia, before we let you go very briefly, if this Future Made in Australia fund and act and game plan all goes to plan for the government, we know that they've poured tens of billions of dollars signing these deals, at least in critical minerals.

If that all goes to plan, what does the Australian economy look like in 10 years' time?

Very interesting.

All right.

Well, thank you so much, Professor, for joining us on The Briefing.

Absolute pleasure.

That was Professor of Global Governance at the University of Sydney, Susan Park, speaking with me there.

And that is it for this episode of The Briefing.