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Just like coal, gas is a dirty fossil fuel that pollutes our air and oceans, destroys the environment, and drives climate disasters in Australia and around the world. The science is clear — more gas is not compatible with a safe future for our communities, our environment or our economy.

Fossil fuels like gas contribute to worse bushfires that put people and livelihoods at risk, while the process of extraction harms wildlife and oceans that sustain coastal communities.

Despite what Woodside or Santos might have you believe, we don’t need more gas – we have renewable energy solutions and more than enough already for industries who need it while we transition away from fossil fuels. As one of the sunniest, windiest countries in the world, Australia can be a global leader in green industry and exports, all without destroying the planet.

Operating just like Big Tobacco, Big Gas is a powerful network of billionaires, companies, lobbyists and industry groups who use sophisticated strategies to protect their profits by delaying the transition away from fossil fuels. From million dollar ad campaigns to quiet meetings in Canberra, Big Gas is fighting to keep Australia and the world hooked on its dirty gas.

To undermine their power, we're standing up to powerful lobby groups, like the Business Council of Australia (BCA) and Australian Energy Producers (AEP), who are promoting more gas expansion and blocking climate action.

We need corporations and the government alike to stand up to Big Gas and support the transition away from fossil fuels so we can uphold our international climate commitments.

Ordinary people are paying more for energy than ever before, while Big Gas gets a free ride. Nurses pay more tax than oil and gas companies!

Australia's gas corporations export around 80% of our gas overseas for massive profit. Meanwhile everyday people pay the price with soaring energy bills, and climate disasters like floods and fires.

If more gas was reserved for domestic use, we’d have more than enough from existing projects and no need to drill for any more. We need a plan to conserve what we have while we transition away from gas, not lock in new polluting projects that are destroying our climate and environment.

It’s time to say no to new gas projects.

Isn’t new gas essential to reach net zero?

Contrary to what you hear from the government and the gas industry, gas is a dirty fossil fuel, and is incompatible with the world’s goal to limit warming to 1.5 degrees. In Australia, at least 21% of carbon dioxide emissions come from gas. In order to reach net zero emissions by 2050, an essential step to limit global warming to 1.5C, we need no new investment in fossil fuels - including gas.

Don’t we need new gas until we have enough renewable energy to turn it off?

Australia is already almost halfway to powering our country with clean, affordable renewable energy, and gas usage is on the decline. Australia is one of the sunniest and windiest countries in the world - we could become a global leader in renewable energy and green industry exports. Australia has enough supply in existing gas fields to meet current domestic demand until 2032 - this gives us enough time to transition away from gas to renewables without any new projects.

Which is better for Australia’s economy - gas or renewables?

Gas is a far more expensive energy source than renewables. In 2025, the average price of electricity from fossil fuels was almost twice the average price of electricity from renewables, putting pressure on households and businesses. This is partly because we pay international prices for gas that is extracted in Australia and collect barely any tax on it. Over half of the gas exported from Australia attracts zero royalty payments. Nurses pay more tax than the gas industry and students pay more in HECS than gas corporations contribute in petroleum tax. Gas is hardly a boon for Australia’s economy - we’re giving away tens of billions of dollars of it for free so multinational corporations can get richer.

How does gas threaten Australian wildlife?

The process of extracting gas poses a huge threat to Australia’s nature and wildlife. For example, the gas industry often uses dangerous seismic blasts to survey the ocean floor. These blasts are among the loudest human-made sounds in the ocean and can disrupt essential behaviours in marine life like whales, dolphins and fisheries. The gas industry also has a toxic reputation for spills, accidents, and abandoning its infrastructure in the ocean. Gas companies like Woodside are currently pushing to seismic blast along whale migration routes and drill near endangered turtle breeding grounds. If we want to protect precious, iconic species - some of which are found nowhere else in the world - we need to stop Big Gas from destroying wildlife’s homes.