"The Japanese Ambassador here in Australia said, ‘Japan needs Australian gas for keeping the neon lights of Tokyo,’ but it's not true."

- Dr Yuki Tanabe at the Australia Institute's Climate Integrity Summit 2025

Of Qatar’s big customers, Japan, China, Taiwan, and South Korea will likely hang in. But for poorer countries, “if prices get too high, you’re not going to buy the LNG, the loss of this much LNG is not going to be solved just through higher prices.” heatmap.news/energy/iran-...

The federal government is considering a scheme to link LNG export approvals to domestic supply. Exporters would need to demonstrate they had supplied a minimum share of gas to Australian users before being granted approval to sell to markets overseas. www.theaustralian.com.au/business/min...

10 years after gas exports from Queensland began, all of the gas companies involved, bar one, have not paid a cent in company tax.

This is despite them selling $125 billion worth of LNG out of Queensland, and reporting $330 billion in total Australian revenue. #auspol