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Reframing uranium: energy security and Australia’s critical minerals future - Corrs Chambers Westgarth
GNews: critical minerals·2026-06-24EnergyP1: Resource SovereigntyP2: Fiscal EngineP5: Strategic Decoupling
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Uranium leverages Australia's vast resource sovereignty and positions critical-mineral extraction as a strategic hedge against energy security risks and potential supply-chain decoupling from China. Nuclear capacity expansion directly addresses fiscal and industrial resilience in a contested Indo-Pacific, reducing reliance on volatile energy imports and strengthening long-term deterrence economics.
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