‘Madness’: Chris Bowen says Australia needs more gas

Shadow Environment Minister Jonathan Duniam has responded to Energy Minister Chris Bowen admitting more gas is needed to keep the lights on.
Mr Bowen has said Australia has no option but to seek out new supplies of gas in order to fill the gap left by wind and solar.
“If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like when a dog chasing it’s tail finally catches it, this is it,” Mr Duniam told Sky News host Peta Credlin.
“It’s madness, there is no cohesion between state and federal Labor.
“There is no cohesion between federal Labor last week, and federal Labor this week.
“He has spent the better part of the last couple of years demonising gas and how evil it is, and then reality hits and they need it to keep the lights on.”

[@stephenbarrett7064]

Bowen a total tool

[@graemeritchie9378]

Australia needs to get rid of Greta Bowenberg and the Australian Haters Party.

[@ilikesundays4312]

Problem is they just switch and vote in the other Australian haters party.

[@briananderson7285]

Vote One Nation.

[@brothermaynard3200]

How dare you. 😂

[@73silstar]

😂😂😂that was funny good comment

[@bah667]

This fellow is dangerous to Australia. Please Help us!!!

[@ricky6864]

Bowen a proven liar.. Australia has plenty of gas but we have no control over our own resources

[@Aussie-Nan]

Need the gas to sell to China along with our coal, so China can manufacture our solar panels 😂

[@pkd6369]

just like Albo Made in Australia with the QUATUM computer ,AINT made tottally here but a AMERICANcompany 'another fibb"

[@rtoumbos]

What a joke Bowen is.

[@frednerk3477]

Was. Is. Always will be.

[@vicgallimore6756]

BOWEN, THE BIGGEST DORK.

[@rhettcorbett3346]

We need Labor evicted.

[@paulhughes7366]

This guy is a clown

[@patrickstewart8052]

Symptomatic of the whole inept labor circus.

[@johno7370]

Prime example of its about time to get rid of out of touch 'politicians'

[@grahamleadbeatter5981]

So Bowen admits that Australia needs more gas...not wind, not solar but GAS!!! Wow, how did that little bit of commonsense creep into that thick skull of his.

[@paulreid2223]

Fly-Blown Bowen and all of the Federal Labor junta are busily generating their own greenhouse gas emissions ..

[@jenzag7621]

Sack Jacinta and Lily D'Ambrosio in Victoria, so Victorians can keep warm this winter.

[@73silstar]

Bowen farted and it finally came to him ....

[@snuscaboose1942]

Address mass immigration to Australia and allowing non-citizens to buy Australian residential property. That is the side the Liberal politician ignored, both as bad as each other.

[@user-cg4md2gh5e]

Is it that mussys,are able to get house loans /no interest???😮

[@mikefitzpatrick6618]

Agreed

[@eb2505]

Even Bowen underscoring how dumb and inept he is.Talk about kicking your own goal.

[@mariahewitt9787]

Bowen needs to stay off the Botox....🎉

[@pkd6369]

his goal the posts dont even have a NET !

[@pkd6369]

@@mariahewitt9787 BO-BO-TOX

[@marcturner5809]

Matt Keen should lead the way and turn off his electricity at home that uses coal or gas and just use his solar panels and batteries.

[@brianmorris8045]

Or candles.

[@user-zd3xs4ts6f]

Or even his own hot air from his a..e👍💯

[@coconuciferanuts339]

Mr. Duniam is right. Bowen has been chasing his own tail & finally caught it. But he didn't get the bone. Poor mutt.

[@savagegfry]

I think that Blackout is literally insane.

[@coconuciferanuts339]

Agree. But also an inflated egotistical personality.

[@user-zd3xs4ts6f]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bvon5630]

@@coconuciferanuts339yep, a narcissist

[@briananderson7285]

It's owned and controlled by the U.N.

[@savagegfry]

@@briananderson7285 The $64 million question is who owns the UN!

[@laurencesymons7621]

Australia needs less of Bowen and Albo

[@kenelliott6426]

Bowen is full of gas & he carry’s on like he’s a expert but is not Bowen , Albanese, Marles , Wong , O’Neil , Giles , Bullock should be fired & gone

[@juliuscaesar2583]

Looking at that list makes me laugh, wasn't there a comedy show called yes minister, you seriously can't make this shit up. They are all useless.

[@Taff71]

We have the best and cleanest coal in the world. Wake up Australia

[@heatherstewart8452]

We deserve mega black outs, it will teach the fools a lesson

[@user-kr1zi7ck9g]

Hate to say it but your right Massive blackouts No electricity for days on end No phones being charged The only way stupid Labor voters will wake up 😡😡

[@user-xt7hq7cx3n]

So sick of being stolen off, we pay and pay and pay, well now, can't save money, just surviving all in a few years, government traders!😮

[@user-pn9lb8sr2p]

What company or corporation would employ Bowen,,,, only the Albenese government thinks he is a smart man that shows just how intelligent Albo and the Labor party are ??

[@whiskeygamer9402]

Blackout Bowen lives in a Fairytale 🏳️‍🌈🌈🦄💅🏽

[@savagegfry]

While forcing his nightmare on us!

[@robertfleming2654]

He can provide it he’s full of hot air.

[@neilbeauchamp1924]

I am sick of Bowen's fatuous hot air. He has zero credibility when it comes to electricity and renewables.

[@Leonardo555ZZZZ]

On a typical cold , calm winter's night in NSW , up to 97% of our electricity comes from coal. To think this can be easily switched off is peak stupidity.

[@davidbarnsley8486]

What we need in the country is better quality politicians Not the bunch of idiots we have 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@user-zd3xs4ts6f]

Bowen qualifies for buffoonery school 🏫 🤡

[@brianmorris8045]

Him and Albo.

[@user-zd3xs4ts6f]

​​@@brianmorris8045absolutely 💯 they're once-in-lifetime pair, but the one who started it all, the uniquely talented K "Spudd" Rudd is peerless 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@user-zd3xs4ts6f]

💯👍✅there's also a few more in the Labour ranks, Giles and O'Neill are fast becoming 🤡🤡🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@philipnacevicius3661]

The biggest untapped reserve of "natural gas" in Australia is in Canberra... incidentally so are most of Australia's carbon emissions

[@batmanlives6456]

ACT = arse clowns and tossers

[@mikefitzpatrick6618]

Please explain how the computer will help Australian households

[@clydesimpson1462]

Make your wallet smaller.

[@bvon5630]

It’s just Albo’s pride to say we have a smart computer. We all have to pay for it, not him.

[@brentritchie6199]

The hard left will change it's tune when the lights go out and they will.

[@user-kr1zi7ck9g]

Only way the idiots will learn 👍

[@savagegfry]

Boobtoob censors again, but essentially I agree, although I think their plan is entirely intentional.

[@robot336]

IT'S OVER FOR LABOR

[@AussieDJRemixes]

Let's hope so. Unfortunately, there are too many foolish people out there that will continue to vote Labor no matter what. Even if these people ended up on the street, they would still see Labor as their saviour.

[@dominictucci6030]

​@@AussieDJRemixesyes, unfortunately there's no cure for stupidity!😕

[@peterjames174]

failed clown school and then become a Labor minister in the worst government in Australia's history.

[@mikefitzpatrick6618]

If you can't get a job in industry then be a politician

[@ilovesuisse1]

I thought the politicians provided enough gas themselves.

[@diablojames]

Bowen is a complete muppet ...

[@petercunningham3469]

DONT go visiting Bowen your not safe anyplace.

[@jools-jt9nd]

Senator Babet said it, power from Sunbeams and a stiff breeze! Brilliant we live in a land of rainbows and unicorns.

[@videofreak6047]

Wtf! Am i dreaming??

[@eb2505]

Has Bowen been injected with a truth serum?

[@KT-bb1tb]

When things Turn to Shit....and they Will, It'll all be Dutton's Fault !

[@lornatodd4750]

😅

[@paulevo511]

Don't think that Dutton/Libs are much better.

[@user-qy1en1zt9g]

its already turned to shit bro.

[@dominictucci6030]

​@paulevo511 better than Labor for sure! At least Dutton has common sense and will not shut off our gas!

[@juliuscaesar2583]

​@@dominictucci6030and we can discuss nuclear at least. Piss these morons off

[@tammymarks]

Fossil fuels save lives, nuclear too.

[@briananderson7285]

Coal an oil saved the whales as well as humans.

[@HughSmith]

Foreign companies should not be allowed to own utilities

[@davidhales8799]

Get Victoria to reverse the no drilling for gas policy. Fools.

[@superleetmegapunx]

We're exporting natural gas to Japan and getting half of what we pay for it here. Maybe we could renegotiate that deal before we look for more...

[@oldtimers6460]

Talk about a screw up on energy. Australians the stick and the OS companies get the cream.

[@bbmas1930]

Fun Fact. Batteries work if you have electricity available to charge them. No base load power, battery no worky.

[@qpw62043]

The business case for this quantum calculator was probably on the back of some restaurant napkin, similar to Rudd's nation building internet broadband a few years back.

[@user-pb8vc8vp8w]

Where do these Labor politicians live ? Coal has to stay until at least 2050. Nuclear MUST be part of our generation plan & they should be able to use the existing power grid .To close generators before you have a replacement in place is insanity & to walk away from existing poles & wires is financially criminal. ELBOW ALBO......! !

[@sidecarmisanthrope5927]

Oh, look at that. The wheels are starting to fall off. Imagine my surprise.

[@pkd6369]

we have had 100% more gas production in AUSTRALIA last year in parliament house!

[@malcolm2692]

GOVERNMENTS RELEASING MORE LAND 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣they have been saying that for years, there is NO WAY they will do that or anything that will bring the prices down! It is in the FINANCIAL interest of all governments, developers, real estate agents and Banks to keep the prices going UP as it guarantees them all automatic income windfalls otherwise the other way would be a pay cut ! It's just part of the GRAVY TRAIN.

[@kane-vn6bn]

same as the aboriginal problems... they don't want to fix it

[@locomotion4118]

Well, he’s probably capable of making up the shortfall all on his own.

[@user-hs8qj2fi9y]

Giving people access to their own full super is strange, because when they retire they will have no super. Then the tax payer will have to provide a pension. Correct me if I am wrong, super is saved by the person and then on a sliding scale the tax payer pension declines.

[@nomyafiftyonefifty8081]

Yep then they will be at the mercy of the government with the handouts.

[@DJ-yj1vg]

They seem to forget the batteries need to be charged, and if there isnt enough residual power to charge them then they are useless.

[@stevenhamilton9790]

They all looked like alians with a agenda, you could imagine what that is!!!

[@drazmarinic5991]

Net zero is what’s between Bowen s ears

[@elenawalker3746]

So, is his solution to import it when Australia has so much we float on it.

[@fitzyholden1036]

Wow.... he's seen a small glimps of the light.

[@pattodox]

Vote One Nation

[@John-kl3ue]

Well these politicians dribble crap ! Does that count as Gas !

[@jenzag7621]

Lily should have stepped down a long time ago, bit she's hanging on to her job, for dear life.

[@garydavo07]

Labor madness

[@Barney_Rubble247]

Bowen wants more gas????

[@WallsendChook]

Isn't there enough coming out of Albo's Bum?

[@daveo3122]

@@WallsendChook is that the one everyone can see, or it the one in the pants. hard to tell with eachway

[@larrym12]

Did you know that some countries in our region have a sweethart deal until 2027 are getting gas for the price of peanuts from the northwest self in WA and yet we have to pay sky high prices for gas in out state So can you please name and shame the morons in Canberra who signed this deal 25 years ago

[@dukkman010]

We have heaps of gas but the supposed experts ( like Bowen ) sold it all offshore .

[@Wayne-ig1il]

These is plenty of gas in Australia now but the government sends it overseas

[@nedenede]

There's something very wrong when when corrupt and incompetent politicians are not sacked but are allowed to run our country to the ground.

[@Ozzie3356]

Australia has enough gas for domestic consumers?

[@ivansultanoff6719]

Labor has no idea what business is nor how to run one

[@pierodeamicis3686]

Surely Bowen doesn't have any credability anymore. Someone should ask him what day is it

[@stephenk1004]

Nuclear.

[@axle.australian.patriot]

I swear politicians live in some weird thought bubble that is disconnected from reality and occasional stick there heads out and tell us what we have already known for 20 years lol

[@paulevo511]

Yes.... let's keep exporting coal and gas so that other countries can benefit....but punish us on our home turf by heading for solar, wind etc. If they REALLY cared about 'zero carbon' it would stay in the ground for everyone.

[@johngeier8692]

The carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels are actually beneficial. Benefits include greening of the planet with increased agricultural yields (main effect),reduced winter heating costs, fewer deaths from hypothermia and postponement of the next glacial maximum.

[@jenzag7621]

For goodness sake Matt Kean. What planet is he on?

[@anthonyscully2998]

Bowen should be praised for changing his policy on gas

[@glennashcroft4341]

The Bowen flea bag has caught his tail! What a goose!

[@kennethwheeler6745]

I have only bought 1000 candles ready for the big change. I may need more. 😢😢

[@marsbearmcw3050]

Did I hear the figure 50,000 from super as a deposit for a house? What planet do these fools live on? When a house is way over a million, how far does that figure get you? It certainly doesn’t get you a deposit for a house. Total assholes. They just want to appear as if they are doing something.

[@johngeier8692]

They are colluding with ridiculous and economically destructive popular delusions in order to garner the votes of the ignorant and ill informed.

[@ianpickett8420]

The Australian Labour Party ............. Dopey and the seven dwarfs .

[@mclanaford2957]

Peta after listening to you a moment ago I am more than Ever Convinced that these Politicians have sawdust in their brain. EXCLUDING PAULINE HANSON AND CO.

[@scubaaddict]

We also need to start having Australian companies running our power and essential services and have those profits be kept in Australia, and not go tax free offshore.

[@diggerdirk1985]

Look into Bowens history.what gives him the qualifications to make these decisions.

[@peternicholson1700]

He's never been out of politics.

[@Bellakelpie]

​@peternicholson1700 That's the problem. Like all of his fellow Labor hacks, they have no experience of the real world, and that's why they continually stuff things up.

[@peternicholson1700]

@@Bellakelpie If they manage to get a traditionally safe seat or a high spot on a major party's senate ticket you can't get rid of them and they are set for life. It also goes to their heads where they think they are superior and know what's best. They have little experience of the real world.

[@rodkeh]

And more coal!

[@user-px8fo8gg9i]

Politicians pimping out Australian infrastructures offshore to highest bidders regardless of consequences has to stop

[@peternicholson1700]

The opposition should be calling out their faults and challenging Labor relentlessly but they're not. They have never had a better chance to propose an alternative.

[@jimbo9]

Base Load power is no longer, we have moved on from that old system, come on guys get with it.

[@peterjames174]

and Bowen your full of it gas,

[@edm9527]

In 2023, Australia was the second BIGGEST gas (LNG) exporter, just behind the US and just ahead of Qatar

[@peterjames174]

he is full of gas ,

[@mezz3036]

Albo gov might just be the worst government in Australian history. They are like the worst party in the English speaking world.. American democrats.

[@leewilton5082]

You will maintain base load power using renewables.

[@user-qy1en1zt9g]

Labour... 'let's help everyone else except those people born in Australia' I've never seen things so bad socially in my lifetime. Albo just nods the head I know; I know I was brought up in public housing... what a joke.

[@jonathanparle8429]

So a 40 year old uses their super to buy a property then either flips it for cash a year later or turns it into a rental property after 6 months. Great, they've effectively jumped the super queue by 20 years while the rest of us have to wait until 60. And then when they turn 67, we will pay them a much higher pension because their retirement savings were decimated (they probably flipped the house and spent the money on a sports car, overseas holiday or home theatre system).

[@kymcampbell2734]

People should be able to buy a home with "their own" hard earned, and thats ecactly what super is. Anything else is an unwillingness to loosen the grip on the use of money that isnt theirs.

[@gerrycooper56]

I think Chris can provide it.

[@chrisgriffiths2533]

Certainly NSW Needs Snowy 2.0 Completed ASAP. Certainly Good on Victoria for giving Fossil Gases a Miss. Good on WA for Building a Reasonable Battery at Collie. Certainly Tasmania Must Complete the Second Mainland Grid Connect and Build More Wind. But We Must Use Economies of Scale Via Large Scale Solar, Wind and Tidal/Wave. Also One Answer to Heating Homes in Winter is Geo-Thermal. Certainly Australia's Solar, Wind, Tidal Energy Opportunity is Huge and We Must Grab that.

[@Comfarol]

letting people take out their super, is that a good idea? What happens when they retire with nothing?

[@dominictucci6030]

They become part of Labor 's welfare state agenda. Works well in North Korea doesn't it!😅

[@gordiebrooks]

The federal and state governments should be held responsible for our looming power crisis. We as the taxpayers and their bosses need to start a class action against their stupidity and hold them to account.

[@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc]

The truth be told, hahahaha hahahaha

[@tonyfordward3127]

Need to get rid of Bowen