Don't believe the hype on natural gas. It's a fossil fuel just like coal | Fiona Stanley, Graeme Pearman & Richard Yin

The scale of growth of Australia's natural gas industry is inconsistent with our Paris commitments

Australia is currently aggressively developing its natural gas resource. By the end of 2018, it is likely to overtake Qatar as the world's largest liquified natural gas (LNG) exporter.

Western Australia is leading the way on developing gas with the premier, Mark McGowan, calling for the state to be a global LNG hub. Recently businessman Andrew Forrest announced a radical plan to create a "virtual gas pipeline" linking WA gas to the east while Chevron over the weekend committed to the second stage of its multi-billion dollar Gorgon project expansion.