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Shooting of man who was allegedly armed with a firearm at a house in Narangba to be investigated Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Pocock says Australia also needs to focus on returns from ‘industries of the future’Pocock has advocated for a fair return on gas and other “industries of the future” including critical minerals and AI datacentres.I think we need to get a fair return from the export of our gas right now but we need to be looking at all these other industries that we’re told are the industries of the future, critical minerals, AI datacentres.I don’t have the specific solution to it but I think it’s the principle of how do we get a fair return on resources that belong to the Australian people?We’re one of the biggest gas exporters in the world right now. My argument is we should be getting a fair return from the export of that gas, and also lowering the price of gas here in Australia.We’re constantly being told that we have some sort of shortage of gas. We’ve got manufacturers here paying more for Australian gas than Japan is buying our gas for. Continue reading...