Our priorities

Ensuring Western Australians can have confidence that gas supplied to the domestic market is accessible, affordable and reliable - so it continues to support WA’s industries, jobs and households.

WA’s gas market is relatively small, concentrated and inflexible. It is dominated by a small number of major producers and large gas users, with most gas sold under confidential bilateral contracts.

These factors combined with limited storage, constrained transport capacity, few pipeline interconnections and only a small short-term or spot market make it harder to respond quickly to any tightening of supply.

It is a tightly balanced system that underpins critical mining, agricultural and manufacturing processes in the State.

It’s why we need the WA Domestic Gas Reservation Policy – to make our gas work for WA. Our priorities guide our advocacy to key stakeholders and decision makers.

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Enforce the Domestic Gas Policy

Producers should be required to meet existing domestic gas obligations and deliver the gas Western Australia was promised.

Because a 2024 Parliamentary Inquiry found the policy was not being honoured in practice, existing domestic gas commitments must be enforced by the State Government.

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Improve transparency and accountability

Provide clearer public information on LNG exports and how producers are meeting their domestic gas supply obligations.

Because domestic gas obligations must be transparent as well as enforceable - West Australians should know what’s being exported and how producers are meeting their commitments to WA.

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Develop or divest

Strengthen the ‘use it or lose it’ provisions in the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 (WA).

Because producers should be prevented from warehousing gas fields that could be developed for the domestic market – they need to ‘use it or lose it’.

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Modernise Pluto

Update the Pluto domestic gas arrangements as recommended by the 2024 WA Parliamentary Inquiry.

Because Pluto has under-delivered at a time when WA is facing a short- to medium-term supply shortfall, the agreement should be modernised and include a clear requirement for Woodside to make good on the gas not delivered.

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Keep onshore gas in WA

Ensure gas from onshore projects is reserved for the domestic market.

Because onshore projects should be focused on supporting the State’s domestic market, energy security and industrial demand.

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Secure reserves

Ensuring sufficient reserves of gas resources are set aside to meet the current and future needs of the WA community.

Because Western Australia’s domestic gas needs extend well beyond today, enough gas must be reserved to support households, industry, jobs and economic growth now and into the future.

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Unlock common-use infrastructure

Support shared gas gathering and processing infrastructure to lower costs and facilitate new domestic gas development.

Because shared infrastructure can reduce duplication, lower development costs and improve project viability, it can play an important role in unlocking new domestic gas supply for Western Australia.

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Strengthen energy security

Deliver a national energy security strategy that secures reliable, competitively priced gas for domestic users over the long term.

Because gas remains critical to energy security, the energy transition and the operation of Australian households, businesses and industry.