Returning to the press conference that Mark Ogge, David Pocock, Monique Ryan and Geoff Crittenden, the CEO of Weld Australia, here is some of what Pocock said:

The major parties have sold the Australian people out. They’ve sold us out to big multinationals that are making an absolute fortune off our gas. This is a scam. What is happening is our natural resources are being sold off, given away, shipped off overseas. 

And we’re not seeing the benefit of that. We’re paying international prices for our own gas, and we’re not even getting a return through things like the party, which the latest forecasts show is actually going to decline. This has to stop.

We need a government with the courage to actually stand up to multinationals and say, we’re going to put Australians first. 

You don’t have to risk sovereign risk. You don’t have to create sovereign risk. You don’t have to, renege on contracts. All you have to do is say UN contracted gas is staying in Australia. It is going to manufacturers, to businesses and to households who are under a huge amount of pressure at the moment. This has to end.