
“Illogical”, “unbelievably irresponsible”, “fundamentally at odds with protecting Australians” were all used in the 24 hours after the government’s latest push for gas investment. We have since seen rebukes from two energy experts: former Origin Energy senior executive Tony Wood, and ANU’s Dr Frank Jotzo. If Dave Sharma MP, Trent Zimmerman and Jason Falinski continue to support massive expansion of our gas industry, are they just a new type of climate denialist?