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Colin Barnett

Gas reservation is not a bogyman

Holding back gas for domestic use creates no losers, and makes the gas industry popular. It's time to extend it.

Colin BarnettColumnist

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Australia is the world’s biggest exporter of natural gas in the form of LNG (liquefied natural gas). At the same time we have an east coast gas shortage. Our gas exports amount to around four times the amount of gas used within Australia.

Australia has abundant and diverse energy resources, including gas. It is a simple matter of ensuring that enough gas is kept for our own use and then transporting it to the major centres of population and industry.

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Colin Barnett is a former premier of Western Australia.

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