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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Graham Readfearn

Australia’s resources minister heaps warm praise on gas as industry PR spree masks doubts about future

The Maran Gas Sparta sits at the wharf at the Darwin LNG gas processing facility.
The Maran Gas Sparta sits at the wharf at the Darwin LNG gas processing facility. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The words from the resources minister, Madeleine King, must have felt like a comforting salve to Australia’s gas industry.

In a speech last week in Western Australia, King told resource industry figures in Perth that gas would be indispensable as Australia and the region decarbonised.

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