Scott Morrison says Australia ‘really good at digging stuff up’ while announcing clean energy summit

Morrison says after Quad meeting that there is a deep appreciation' about Australia's role providing critical minerals'

The Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, has said Australia is really good at digging stuff up" while announcing a clean energy summit after the first in-person meeting of the leaders of Australia, the United States, India and Japan.

Speaking outside the White House at the end of the meeting of leaders that make up the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, Morrison said Australia would host the summit next year under the Quad umbrella and take a bigger role in the supply of critical minerals in the Indo-Pacific region.