Aug 5, 2026 – 3.52pmA lobby group representing Western Australia’s biggest gas consumers, including Wesfarmers and Yara, has admonished Woodside for “exploiting weaknesses” in the state’s once-vaunted domestic gas reservation scheme.The escalation in tensions between west coast gas consumers and big producers comes as the federal government mulls the impact of a new national reserve on Western Australia, where an existing domestic reservation scheme is complicating its implementation.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
West coast gas consumers accuse Woodside of exploiting domestic supply
The escalation in tensions comes as the federal government mulls the impact of a new federal domestic gas reservation scheme on Western Australia.






