Legislative Council

Tuesday 16 September 2025

Domestic Gas Security in a Changing World—Recommendations

718. Hon Dr Steve Thomasto theLeader of the House representing the Minister for State Development:

I refer to the August 2024 final report of the Economics and Industry Standing Committee entitled Domestic Gas Security in a Changing World, for which the Cook government supported eight of the 30 recommendations.

(1) As at 15 September 2025, how many of the recommendations that the government supported have been implemented to date?

(2) Of the recommendations that were supported by government that have not yet been implemented, by what specific date will the government implement each of the recommendations?

(3) Has the LNG industry improved its supply of domestic gas to increase the amount of domgas supplied compared with the amount of LNG produced?

(4) If no to (3), what is the Cook government doing about it?

Hon Stephen Dawson replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided by the Minister for State Development.

(1) It is four.

(2) Work on the remaining recommendations is underway. The government expects to implement these recommendations in 2025 and 2026.

(3) Yes.

(4) Not applicable.