About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Australia's booming natural gas industry and questions who truly benefits from it.

Australians might expect to benefit from the global rush on our natural gas resources. But will we?

Topics covered

• natural resources
• economy

Mentioned in this episode

Products: natural gas

Places: Australia

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