Gas export limits will not prevent shortages: report

By Angela Macdonald-Smith
Updated September 29 2014 - 2:08pm, first published September 23 2014 - 4:01pm
Regulatory barriers by state governments are inhibiting  gas supplies, the green paper says. Photo: James Davies
Regulatory barriers by state governments are inhibiting gas supplies, the green paper says. Photo: James Davies
Regulatory barriers by state governments are inhibiting  gas supplies, the green paper says. Photo: James Davies
Regulatory barriers by state governments are inhibiting gas supplies, the green paper says. Photo: James Davies
Regulatory barriers by state governments are inhibiting  gas supplies, the green paper says. Photo: James Davies
Regulatory barriers by state governments are inhibiting gas supplies, the green paper says. Photo: James Davies
Regulatory barriers by state governments are inhibiting  gas supplies, the green paper says. Photo: James Davies
Regulatory barriers by state governments are inhibiting gas supplies, the green paper says. Photo: James Davies

The federal government blames state governments for regulatory bottlenecks that are reducing the availability of gas in NSW and Victoria, according to its long-awaited energy "green paper" released Tuesday.