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Time to pull trigger on spiralling gas prices
The AWU has joined forces with a leading industry group to demand that the Federal Government act to immediately cap gas exports, with the nation’s manufacturing comeback being jeopardised by high gas prices.
In a joint letter to Resources Minister Keith Pitt, AWU national secretary Daniel Walton and Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes Willox say a spike in gas prices this year is creating a real risk there will be a domestic gas shortfall.
Dan Walton says the time for procrastination is over and the Government must pull the trigger on Australian Domestic Gas Security Mechanism, which limits producers from exporting when there is a shortfall in local supply.