Hi, I'm Madeleine King, Labor's Shadow Minister for Resources and Trade. I'm also the member for Brand in Western Australia. I'd like to welcome everyone here today to the APPEA Conference in Brisbane.

I'd like to start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the country that I am on here in Dampier, but also that you are all on right around the country.

Only Labor has a clear plan to diversify both the products Australia exports and the nations we export to. An Albanese Labor Government will reconnect Australia to its region, and do the work needed to get our trading relationships back on track.

Labor is the party of free, fair and open trade. Labor knows trade diversification is key to the future prosperity of this country.
 
But we need to grow the products we sell, not just the markets we sell them to.

Delegates, Labor in Government has been the most effective force for good in our nation’s history.
 
I say that without qualification or hesitation.
 
Almost every significant reform that has built Australia and progressed our national interest was conceived, developed, implemented, and defended by Labor governments.