Federal Labor’s Madeleine King defends gas as ‘critical’ to Australia’s needs

Opposition frontbencher will tell industry Labor's support is predicated on gas being a transitional fuel during the shift to net zero emissions

Labor's resources spokesperson, Madeleine King, is launching a full-throated defence of Australia's gas industry, including supporting opening up new reserves subject to independent scientific assessments and effective environmental regulation".

King will use a speech to the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association conference in Perth to champion gas jobs, gas exports, gas as a critical feedstock for Australia's manufacturing industry, as well as in electricity generation" and the opening up of new reserves, like the Beetaloo basin.