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Slugcatcher: Goldilocks weather needed to delay a gas crisis

AUSTRALIA is likely to dodge a full-blown east-coast gas crisis this year but if events of the past week are a guide, then Slugcatcher believes next year could be very different with a domestic debacle and an international clash occurring at the same time.

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Slugcatcher: Goldilocks weather needed to delay a gas crisis

The problem, which should be well understood by anyone with a modest understanding of Australian energy policy, is a shortage of gas caused by government regulation, not by geology or engineering. Quite...

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