First thing you need as stated above in response a firm strategy based on industry type and what you aim to achieve. short, medium and long term.
Next you legislate that future licenses for mining across (the strategy minerals) multiple resources have conditions applied that agreements be put in place to support that strategy.
Gov incentivises big miners to diversify into the strategy and help develop the new markets.
Gov. also incentivises universities and small business to join the fray.
Infrastructure review is continuous and developed on a state/fed basis to accommodate the growing hubs (share possible to create hubs). Mines can actually transport to industrial hubs and hubs to port.
Large mining and other industrial groups should be incentivised themselves in R&D.
With respect to current fossil fuel industries. A definitive plan to transition based on the new developments within the strategy. Where hubs are developed in regional areas, states to pick up the social aspect for growth in jobs and transportation.
With respect to doing the dirty work. Hydrogen produced by renewables for primary source production process. Why ship shit out overseas, bring empty ships back and import materials / fuel from overseas? It’s self defeating.
I would tide projects like Iron Boomerang to transition at the outset from fossil to pure green steel output. We could have mix and match them transition over time to fill green production.
Assess within the med / long term, what other industries develop, there will be a lot. Also the transport network and liveability outside major capitals improves over time.
As we develop we bring in targeted immigration, this has the possibility to become massive.
Oh and there are two sites accepted for nuclear waste in SA and we can still use them and quite a few others. so where else can we make money.
Under no circumstances do we shoot ourselves in the foot legislating one thing to stop the big miners doing what they do now. We transition, we make it their interest to do the right thing.
In essence the lead is on Gov. Fed then States backfill appropriately. Coordination can be done between the various levels of Government. They pandemic proved that early doors.
Add in the distribution for farming and supplies to hubs and you find a lot of other diversified industry elements have to adopt a better approach.
You have to make it a systemic process. And let it change your economic way of life - I.e. money for something, not housing or other asset bubbled rubbish. The American way has to die in Australia. It’s a false god.
But will Gov? Not this lot. They are and have been a shower for a long time.
