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Regional Australia essential to industry: APPEA
Long-term business investment, onshore development and cleaner energy technologies will ensure regional jobs into the future, according to CEO of the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association, Andrew McConville.
Public support for gas is only the first step to encourage investment in Australian projects, he said in a speech addressing the Regional Australia Institute’s Regions Rising National Summit in Canberra today.
Mr McConville appealed to regional stakeholders about the importance of developing new gas basins and the benefits of onshore and offshore developments to regional communities.
“The onshore gas industry makes a significant contribution to regional economies through direct jobs, local contracts and community investment,” he said.
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The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) welcomes the launch of the Centre of Decommissioning Australia. APPEA CEO Andrew.
Federal government paying millions in consulting fees for advice on subsidising gas industry, documents show
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The gas industry only employs 0.2 per cent of the Australian workforce.
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The federal government is spending millions of dollars on consultants to advise on how to subsidise the multi-billion-dollar gas industry, despite it employing just 0.2 per cent of the Australian workforce, according to tender documents and ABC sources.
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Tender documents show the federal government allocated more than $9 million to pay for private consultants
A request to see the specific terms of the contracts with BCG was denied, despite the AusTender website listing them as not confidential
Coal seam gas insurance clause big on spin, light on detail , lawyer says, in its bid to protect farmers
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Multiple CSG wells can be widely spread across cattle and grain properties.
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A new insurance clause is being touted by the coal seam gas industry as a solution to uncertainty about risk and liability, but landholders and lawyers say farmers are still worse off.
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GasFields Commission Queensland releases an insurance indemnity clause to help protect farmers from CSG risk
It follows a major insurer last year announcing it would no longer offer public liability insurance to landholders who host wells and infrastructure