Morrison rebukes NSW environment minister for calling Narrabri gas project a 'gamble'

PM says Matt Kean is out of step with his own government', adding if you are not for gas, you are not for manufacturing jobs'

Scott Morrison has rebuked the New South Wales energy and environment minister Matt Kean for describing the controversial Narrabri coal seam gas development as a gamble", declaring Kean is out of step with the premier and the state's own policy.

The prime minister on Thursday used an interview on the Sydney radio station 2GB to tell Kean, the NSW Liberal frontbencher and a vocal advocate for renewable energy, to pull his head in, declaring if you are not for gas, you are not for manufacturing jobs".