Media Releases
Gas industry growth benefitting all Queenslanders
Today’s Queensland Budget highlights the vital contribution natural Coal Seam Gas projects are making to the state’s economy and the industry welcomes new initiatives designed to harness future opportunities. As outlined in Budget Paper No. 2, business investment over the past three years “has been boosted by the extraordinarily large investment…
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Natural coal seam gas benefits becoming clear
The optimism of small business owners in parts of Queensland benefitting from surging natural gas production continues to soar in the years ahead, according to the latest small business survey of the affected regions. Of the 100 small businesses in Toowoomba, Roma, Chinchilla, Dalby and Gladstone, who took part in the…
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Response to Doctors for the Environment report
Joint statement by the Queensland Resources Council (QRC) and Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA). Today’s report from Doctors for the Environment claiming that Australians are suffering ill health because of minerals and energy developments confirms two major points. First, there is not a shred of scientific evidence to support…
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Gas policy farce – greens say “no” to proven cleaner energy
The Greens announcement that their new natural gas ‘policy’ is for “no new coal seam gas and empowering land holders to say no to coal seam gas” shows the party has a very loose grip on reality and a very poor understanding of Australia’s energy market and existing regulation. The fact…
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More gas needed to slow rising energy costs
The oil and gas industry says NSW residents are right to be concerned about dramatic gas price rises announced today and that a fact-based discussion about the state’s future energy supply security is needed to avert even more dramatic hikes in the future. The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) today…
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Health authority finds no adverse impact from gas operations
The Australian oil and gas industry welcomes a report by the Queensland Government that finds no adverse health impacts have resulted from natural coal seam gas operations near Tara in western Queensland. The Queensland Department of Health report tabled in State Parliament this morning draws on the findings of a Darling…
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LNG industry launches Gladstone aero medical service
A new medical evacuation helicopter has been officially launched by Queensland’s four Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) proponents in Gladstone today. The helicopter will provide a dedicated response to on-site incidents for workers on Curtis Island, off Gladstone, and on mainland LNG project construction. The joint $30 million funding commitment by Australia…
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NSW policy forces job losses while Queensland gas jobs soar
Today’s announced suspension of operations by Metgasco will see jobs lost, economic opportunity forgone and the prospect of almost two decade’s worth of NSW gas supply put into the too-hard basket. APPEA has been warning for months that ad hoc and politically motivated regulation of the energy sector would have serious…
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Federal regulation of onshore natural gas to drive up prices, cost jobs
The Federal Government’s foray into the regulation of onshore natural gas exemplifies what is wrong with the duplicative and inefficient management of this critical energy source. Policies that undermine the development of energy projects and curtail energy production impose real costs on the Australian community in the form of lost…
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Namoi Catchment Water Study extreme hypothetical dismissed by independent review
An independent review of the Namoi Catchment Water Study’s Scenario 7 has dismissed the scenario’s extreme coal and gas development assumptions as being ‘completely unrealistic’ and lacking analysis, the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association said today. The review, conducted by Professor Don Barnett and available on the NSW Government’s…
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Activists campaign against energy security and jobs
The latest campaign targeting Australia’s natural gas industry is really a campaign against the energy that powers our homes, Australian jobs and investment in our economy, the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) warned today. APPEA Chief Operating Officer Eastern Region Rick Wilkinson is urging MP’s not to be…
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NSW sets course for higher energy prices
The NSW Government has set a course for higher energy prices in NSW, and undermined investment and jobs for the future. The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Chief Operating Officer Eastern Region, Rick Wilkinson said: “We are concerned that the decision today will have serious ramifications for households…
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Bubbling Condamine no risk to health or environment
Monday, January 21, 2013 Bubbling Condamine no risk to health or environment A Queensland Government report has confirmed that bubbles in the Condamine River pose no risk to the environment or to human and animal health. Natural Resources and Mines Minister, Andrew Cripps, today released the Condamine River Gas…
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Letter to the Editor - SMH
The Editor The Sydney Morning Herald Dear Sir, Subject: (SMH pg 3. 17 Jan 2013 – Sydney more likely to become a hot spot for fracking, says Chief Scientist). Hydraulic fracturing, or fraccing, is a process which has been used overseas for more than 60 years and in Australia for more…
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