Stopping Big Gas

This is an artificial shortfall that has been designed by big gas companies to keep Australia hooked on gas. 

Big gas companies export around 80% of our gas overseas, raking in massive profits while they drill for even more, destroying our oceans, marine life and coastal communities in the process – and then they complain that we don’t have enough gas. 

Despite what these companies claim, we don’t need to drill for more gas.

Gas exports can be redirected for domestic use to solve the gas supply crunch. Last year, Japanese companies alone onsold more Australian gas than our eastern states even used – so there is no real excuse to keep drilling for new gas.

There is no doubt that gas is a dirty fossil fuel that we need to move away from quickly, and in order to do that we need the government to commit to a timeline so that we can properly deliver that phase-out in a way that is as fast and as fair as possible.

Gas usage in Australia is already declining and we are already almost halfway to powering our economy with clean, affordable renewable energy, but we need the government to commit to that timeline and to stop destroying nature by fast-tracking new gas projects

As one of the sunniest, windiest countries in the world, Australia can be a global leader in green industry and exports if we commit to the fast and fair transition away from fossil fuels.

Domestic gas use in Japan is actually declining, they don’t need our gas, yet they continue to import massive amounts of Australian gas only to sell over half of it on to other countries for a massive profit.

Meanwhile here in Australia, big gas companies continue to ship most of our gas offshore, while Australians pay the price with higher electricity bills and climate damage.

A CSIRO report, found that increasing Australian gas exports to Asia could actually displace the adoption of renewable energy and prolong the use of coal, leading to an increase in global emissions.

Big gas companies are desperately trying to keep us hooked on their dirty gas, but they are fighting against the inevitable global transition to cheaper, cleaner renewable energy – and they aren’t going to win.