‘Nothing effective is being done’: Business warns PM’s cheap gas push is falling short We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Australian manufacturers are warning the federal government is failing to deliver on its promise of a “gas-fired” recovery from COVID-19 as rising prices of the fossil fuel on the east coast put factories and jobs at risk. Business and union leaders are demanding urgent market intervention in the hope of limiting further pain, including lobbying Canberra to quarantine an amount of gas supply that cannot be sold as exports.