Adam Handley

Critical Minerals Sector Briefing - Perth WA: The on-going importance of Federal and State Govt support to accelerate Western Australia’s race to capitalise on the enormous opportunities in the Critical Minerals space remains a key theme. Much has been done and much remains to be done. Great to see industry and stakeholders coming together to openly share challenges and insights. #bnevents

@hfw_law continues its strategic expansion in Australia and across the Asia-Pacific with the addition of a corporate, projects, regulatory, and restructuring team of 15 from MinterEllison, led by five partners. Read more in @ABLJ_insights 👇 law.asia/hfw-boosts-aus… #legalnews

Thank you to the more than 100 clients, colleagues, and friends who joined us on 16 November to celebrate the launch of our new representative office in Shenzhen Qianhai. HFW is the first international law firm to open an office in Shenzhen Qianhai. #GreaterBayArea #Shenzhen

Partner @HFW_Law, Peter Zaman, highlights the disconnect between current #decarbonization dialogue and reaching our global #climate targets — warning that an environment where decision makers are deterred by media backlash encourages corporate inaction, not innovation

In our third update on the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 (Cth), we consider the regulated labour hire reforms which have become law following the Federal Government's decision to split the Bill. Read the full briefing here: hfw.com/Regulated-Labo…

A pleasure to visit Iluka Resources’ rare earths refinery in Eneabba. It is backed by the Critical Minerals Facility - which recently received another $2 billion in funding from the Albanese Government. The road to net zero runs through the resources sector. ⁦⁦@CMEWA⁩

Here it is! ‘Play It Safe’ for Sydney Opera House’s 50th birthday! Watch it LOUD, using headphones preferably, and on the biggest screen you’ve got! #SydneyOperaHouse @SydOperaHouse Full Credits under the vid on YouTube: youtu.be/l8ouigVtUvo

NEW RESEARCH: Revitalising the Green Climate Fund A policy brief by @GeorgiaHammers1, @Mel_Pill & @RolandMRajah on the future direction of – and Australia's participation in – the world’s largest climate fund as it seeks a new injection of funding: lowyinstitute.org/publications/r…🧵

What “acquiescent and concessional approach” to China ? That certainly isn’t the perception of the Australian approach in China. Indeed, if you look at policy (not political) settings in relation to, for example, Chinese investment screening into Australia I can make the argument it is as strict, and in some cases stricter, under the current administration…

Former US president Donald Trump says he has been indicted abc.net.au/news/2023-06-0…

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Exploring continuations to mineralisation along strike and down-dip of the Browns Range Project’s Wolverine deposit is paying off for $NTU.ax, with it possibly the highest-grade dysprosium and terbium orebody in Australia. buff.ly/3MizwXw #REE $NTU #CriticalMinerals

$NTU is pleased to advise that the Company has been awarded a total of $5.9m and has been successful in its recent application under the Australian Government’s Critical Minerals Development Program Read: buff.ly/41HbR9b $NTU #dysprosium #terbium

G7 not seeking to forge anti-China alliance: German source | Reuters reuters.com/world/g7-not-s…

China's power emissions set to peak this year after renewables surge…The proportion of energy generated by wind, solar and non-fossil fuels has passed 50% for the first time… newseu.cgtn.com/news/2023-05-1…

WHO declares COVID-19 is no longer a global emergency, a major step towards the end of the … abc.net.au/news/2023-05-0…

Yellen speaks out against economic 'decoupling'. “But we do not seek to 'decouple' our economy from China's. A full separation of our economies would be disastrous for both countries. It would be destabilizing for the rest of the world." enapp.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202304/22/AP…

“No substance in it,” he said. “I’ll be polite about it. ..”That would be no more than advice and it certainly wouldn’t bind anybody and it wouldn’t be a veto”. theguardian.com/australia-news…

AUKUS designed to remove public resistance to Australia stationing US nuclear submarines - Pearls and Irritations by John Menadue johnmenadue.com/aukus-designed…

@lgflake Investor market / stakeholders are starting to understand the RE conundrum

This is a development worth watching carefully. China temporarily halted the shipment of rare earth elements to Japan in 2010 (Which motivated Japanese support for Lynas Malaysia-the only commercial scale processing facility outside of China) 1/2 asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Supp…