EUAA Submission: Domestic Gas Reservation Scheme Exposure Draft
Emily Wood | September 23, 2026
‘…The Gas Market Review Final Report correctly diagnosed the structural failures of the east coast gas market; persistent market power, opaque conduct, insufficient supply, and prices that have become adrift from domestic production costs.
The EUAA strongly supports the Government’s intent to introduce a national domestic gas reservation scheme. However, the legislative instruments released to-date contain structural weaknesses, definitional ambiguities, and governance gaps that risk undermining the scheme’s effectiveness and failing to deliver the outcomes promised.
This submission provides a consolidated C&I perspective on the Exposure Drafts, drawing on EUAA member feedback, previous submissions, and detailed review of the Domestic Gas Reservation Bill, Consequential Amendments Bill, Levy Bill, and Gas Market Code reforms explainer.
Our objective is to ensure the DGRS becomes a durable, transparent, enforceable framework that delivers real additional gas to the domestic market on commercially workable terms and at prices that reflect long run marginal cost, not international LNG parity….’
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