West Australian Premier Roger Cook says his state might be open to elements of the federal government’s new national domestic gas reserve.
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Premier Roger Cook says his government is now weighing up the benefits of Western Australia being included in the Albanese government’s proposed national gas reservation scheme, signalling a major shift in position.
After claiming earlier this year that WA would be excluded from any future national reservation, Cook said on Tuesday that the state government was now willing to consider how the federal plan could bolster gas supply.
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