'Stupid' gas policies led to energy crisis in eastern states, say former premiers - ABC News

With WA's policy of quarantining 15 per cent of gas for its local market bearing fruit, former rivals and premiers Alan Carpenter and Colin Barnett say the east coast gas crisis was avoidable.

To former Western Australian premier Colin Barnett, the reaction at international meetings first came as something of a surprise. But pretty soon he began to expect it. After a while, he could even… [+6942 chars]

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