Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Hansard source

Australia needs to develop more gas to help bring down energy prices and support jobs. The Beetaloo basin in the Northern Territory has the potential to be a world-class gas province. Some estimates say that over 6,000 full-time jobs can be created, including many jobs and business opportunities for Indigenous people and local communities. By rigidly opposing the Beetaloo basin development, the Greens are denying Indigenous people their right to choose and consigning Australian families to higher living costs and fewer jobs. The experience with CSG in Queensland is that communities benefit, that increased gas supplies are keeping manufacturers open and that environmental impacts are managed.