Albanese government ‘twisted’ Indigenous group’s views in ‘future gas’ document, chair says

Samuel Sandy, chair of Nurrdalinji Aboriginal Corporation, which wants ‘solar not gas’. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

An Aboriginal corporation has accused the Albanese government of twisting and misrepresenting its clear position against developing more gas in its new future gas strategy document and said “they should take our quotes out of the report”.

The strategy document, launched on Thursday by the resources minister, Madeleine King, argues the fossil fuel is an important part of the transition to net zero emissions and that Australia will need new sources of it “to 2050 and beyond”.