Malcolm Turnbull orders NSW to shore up gas supplies, anti-extraction group hits back

By Nicole Hasham, Cole Latimer and Alex Druce
Updated September 27 2017 - 7:17am, first published September 26 2017 - 9:00am
The Prime Minister took aim at his NSW Coalition stablemate yesterday, as he ordered state governments and gas giants to shore up gas supplies to east coast consumers or face strict export limits. Photo Ben Rushton.
The Prime Minister took aim at his NSW Coalition stablemate yesterday, as he ordered state governments and gas giants to shore up gas supplies to east coast consumers or face strict export limits. Photo Ben Rushton.

The Berejiklian government has comprehensively failed to develop enough gas reserves to help Australia head off grave shortages and keep power bills low, according to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, amid predictions of a looming national gas shortfall three times worse than first thought.

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