Australia is one of the world’s biggest gas exporters, supplying vast quantities of the fossil fuel from Queensland and Western Australia to buyers in Asia. rapid declines in production from Bass Strait gas fields have renewed warnings that Victoria, NSW, South Australia and Tasmania are at risk of domestic shortages on days of extreme winter demand by 2025 without more supply. By 2028, the entire east coast gas market will be in deficit unless action is taken to develop new production fields in the south, upgrade pipeline infrastructure or build terminals capable