2022 Media Releases
Gas Energy Australia is committed to providing timely comment on current and emerging issues, and being responsive to media enquiries, as a vital conduit to the public. Media requests for comment or interviews should be directed to CEO Brett Heffernan...
November 2022
- Electric shock awaits Victorians switching from gas - New research shows switching from gas to high-efficiency electrical appliances achieves a modest reduction in CO2, but comes at a premium of 16-times the price of carbon abatement. Switching to cheaper, but less efficient electrical appliances, actually increases carbon emissions. With the pathway for LPG to decarbonise by 2050 clear, a rethink is needed on polices pushing people to electricity only...
- Gas pumps $70 billion into the Australian economy - The gas economy in Australia drives at least $70B in economic activity (3.4% of GDP), supporting over 241,600 Aussie jobs. Gas - including renewable, net zero gases - is essential for industrial heat and chemical feedstock to make the things we need for modern living. Gas will, increasingly, be called upon as a vital back-up for intermittent solar and wind power generation...
September 2022
- Guardian's half-baked hatchet job misses mark... and the point - The Guardian Australia approached GEA with very specific questions challenging the notion of 'renewable gas' raised in our Opinion Editorial in the Daily Telegraph newspaper on 28 August 2022. That's fair enough. We responded in detail. But the Guardian ignored the very detail it sought. Here's the verbatim Q&A exchange. You be the judge...
August 2022
- Shhh... the Victorian Government's Roadmap modelling is a secret - Analysis of the Victorian Gas Substitution Roadmap costings show the government is under-estimating the true costs of switching to an all-electric home by up to $26,000 per dwelling. GEA is calling for the release of the State Government's modelling so all Victorians can assess the Roadmap's bona fides for themselves...
- New GEA Board elected & members honoured - GEA Board positions have been decided at the 4 August AGM in Melbourne, with the annual Board appointed unanimously and Office Bearers elected...
July 2022
- Clean Energy Fuels Australia joins GEA - Gas Energy Australia is pleased to welcome Clean Energy Fuels Australia as the newest member of the Association. We appreciate their support and look forward to working with the CEFA team, as well as all our members and associates, over the years ahead...
June 2022
- A reliable, renewable & affordable energy future? The answer is gas - Without gas the lights go out. Recent events have demonstrated the essential need for Australian gas to service Australia's energy needs. The gas sector's shift to renewable, net zero gases makes government engagement with the gas sector more important than ever...
May 2022
- To be ship shape Australia's new fleet must be geared for gas - If Australia is to rebuild its coastal shipping fleet, as both sides of politics have pledged, those ships must run on gas! It is immediately 25% cleaner than the alternative, falling to net zero over time, we have it in abundance, its safe for the marine environment and secures our energy by replacing our reliance on imported oil...
