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Chris Bowen has his own great gas gap to fill

The government has called out the Dutton nuclear plan’s interim reliance on gas. The trouble is that Labor has its own vulnerabilities.

Samantha McCullochOil and gas industry representative

Oct 8, 2024 – 12.59pm

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Energy and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen raised some important questions recently about where the investment and gas supply Australia needs to avoid looming shortfalls is going to come from.

Writing in The Australian Financial Review, Bowen correctly highlighted that the Australian gas market is facing a cumulative gas supply-demand deficit of 3300 petajoules to 2035.

Samantha McCulloch is the chief executive of the Australian Energy Producers.