2025 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...
July 2025
- Half-way to 2050 and Australian emissions laws still leave retail Renewable Fuel use off the table - As of today, Thursday 3 July 2025, we are now closer to 2050 than we are to the year 2000. Yet only around 12% of Australia's total final energy consumed is renewable. Gas Energy Australia (GEA) attributes Australia's low emissions reduction performance to a legislative framework which does not account for consumer use of renewable fuels.
June 2025
- A great day for renewable fuels and the Australian energy transition - Gas Energy Australia (GEA) commends Minister Bowen and the Albanese Government on its decision to introduce a market-based approach to renewable gas emissions accounting into the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) Measurement Determination.
March 2025
- Electrification-mad Lilly takes aim at Victorian Barbeques - Gas Energy Australia (GEA) was surprised by the Victorian Energy Minister Lilly D'Ambrosio's choice to take aim at Victorian barbeques, requiring barbeques running on reticulated natural gas to convert to electric under modelling in the recent Building Electrification Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS).
- GEA welcomes Future Made in Australia funding for Low Carbon Liquid Fuels - Gas Energy Australia (GEA) welcomes the Albanese Government commitment of $250 million to accelerate the pace of Australia's growing domestic Low Carbon Liquid Fuel sector.
- LPG a third option in Victorian gas vs electrification debate - Gas Energy Australia (GEA) says that while electrification and renewable gas advocates duke it out over the Victorian residential gas market, over 320,000 Victorian households know there is a third option – LPG.
