Asked about the resource minister’s move to secure gas for local users, Taylor say he’s “always believed that we need to make sure that Australian gas is working hard for Australians.”

But I also believe that the best way to achieve that is more drilling and more gas coming from under the ground.

…we keep putting bandaids on bullet wounds across our economy whether it’s in gas whether it’s dealing with inflation or interest rates. What we need to do is solve the underlying problem – as I said up front – we do need to make sure Australian gas is working hard for Australians but the best way to do that is to make sure gas is coming out from under the ground. In existing well-established basins, drilling can convert to more gas production quickly. It doesn’t take long, but we do need to make sure that we don’t get ourselves in this position again.