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The Productivity Commission’s draft report into horizontal fiscal equalisation confirms that the system for distributing GST revenue between states and territories penalises jurisdictions that develop natural gas.

The Wheatstone Project in Western Australia achieved first production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) this week. At full capacity, Wheatstone’s two LNG trains will supply 8.9 million tonnes per annum for export. The project can also provide up to 200 terajoules of gas daily for the WA market. APPEA Chief Executive Dr Malcolm Roberts congratulated […]

One Nation cannot claim to be a responsible alternative for Queenslanders when it opposes an industry that not only meets the state’s energy needs, but also provides billions of dollars worth of economic activity annually and supports tens of thousands of jobs.

Queensland LNG producers will ensure eastern Australia has sufficient gas supply for 2018 and 2019.  Queensland’s gas industry has given Victoria and NSW a reprieve that those states should use should use to support local gas projects.

Changes to the GST distribution system flagged by the Commonwealth Grants Commission would encourage states and territories to develop their own gas resources, while also discouraging of non-evidence-based restrictions and moratoriums.

Gas producers will guarantee the east coast market will not be short of gas in 2018, despite surprisingly high forecasts for demand released earlier this week.

Natural gas has been produced in the Cooper for 40 years without harming the environment or damaging the Great Artesian Basin. At a time when Australia needs more energy – and more affordable energy – One Nation’s Queensland branch wants to turn the lights.

Gladstone LNG will supply 30 petajoules of gas, which would otherwise have been exported as LNG, to the east coast domestic market over 2018 and 2019.

Bizarre political debate is failing to recognise the success of Australia’s LNG industry or the need for policies that support the country’s export and domestic gas sectors.

WA’s second inquiry into hydraulic fracturing in less than two years is a waste of time and taxpayers’ money. The WA Legislative Council’s Environment and Public Affairs Committee has already found fracking poses negligible risk.