Todayâs Energy Ministerial Council meeting confirmed that a nation with an abundance of gas is facing a gas shortage thanks to a combination of State and Federal Labor party policies that have crippled investment, damaged sovereign risk, and failed to bring on new gas supply.
Laborâs last-minute amendment to block any support for gas, oil or coal under their Future Made in Australia legislation, will compound growing international uncertainty about Australiaâs trade credentials.
The Albanese Government must urgently cease payments to the taxpayer-funded Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) following the release of Federal Court documents that showed it tried to fabricate Indigenous heritage in an attempt to stop an essential gas project in the Timor Sea.
With gas prices skyrocketing by 33.9 per cent under Labor, the Coalition remains strong supporters of the gas industry and will oppose any attempts to stymie gas production â including todayâs introduction of a Teal bill to ban seismic testing.
Shadow Minister for Resources, Senator Susan McDonald has warned the Labor Government it must end its war on gas after yet more complaints by industry about Australiaâs under-utilised reserves.
The Albanese Labor Government must put partisan politics aside, and urgently include bauxite, alumina and aluminium on Australiaâs Critical Minerals List, due to the rising geopolitical risks and the damaging of Australiaâs investment environment the Government has presided over.
New report confirms mining exploration expenditure drops by 10%; as uncertainty remains after Blayney Gold decision.
ACCC report exposes 2 years of Laborâs anti-gas policies.
Along with my colleagues, we have spent the last two years listening, engaging, and working with the resources sector. We know what your sector needs to flourish; to get Australia back on track. A Peter Dutton-led Coalition Government will deliver on that.
Households and businesses will get further cost-of-living relief under a Coalition Government which aims to inject more gas into Australiaâs domestic energy market.
