D’Ambrosio refuses Vic gas inquiry’s request

The inquiry’s committee called on the Minister to give evidence in its interim report, published last week. “Over the coming months, the Committee will carefully review the evidence it has
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Victoria must allow gas exploration to get the facts

The Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into Onshore Unconventional Gas will hear submissions from local councils, traditional landowners and industry this week during a regional public hearing in Hamilton. Corangamite
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Shell, BG deal open to public comment

Announcing the consultation at the second day of the Eastern Australian Energy Market Outlook in Sydney today, ACCC chairman Rod Sims said the watchdog is concerned the deal would remove all of Arrow Energy’s
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Crisis to hit Victorian gas users if ban stays

Energy Users Association of Australia (EUAA) chair Brian Green has slammed Victoria’s opposition Liberal party after it announced it would support an extension to the existing moratorium on onshore
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Vic opposition backs call to extend gas moratorium

Opposition leader Matthew Guy urged the government to extend the ban until 2020 citing the Victorian Auditor General’s suggestion that the regulatory framework is not yet up to scratch. Victoria
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Glenn Lazarus wins support for new CSG inquiry

The inquiry will add to yet another of a long list of state and federal inquiries the industry has had to face over the past few years. “I am determined to bring about change in Australia,”?
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Tracking down fugitive emissions

The team has been conducting world leading research on fugitive emissions and the influence of coal seam gas on the amount of methane in the atmosphere. The researchers are devising new methods that could
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What Australian gas can expect from COP 21

The two-week conference began on 30 November, and already Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has declined to end fossil fuel subsidies but pledged a substantial part of the Australian foreign aid budget to
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