Original article by Adam Morton
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 10-Feb-26

Thinktank InfluenceMap claims that federal resources minister Madeleine King met at least 17 times with representatives from Japanese liquefied natural gas firms in the last term of parliament, with InfluenceMap finding its information through freedom-of-information documents. Those documents also show that four other ministers had single meetings with Japanese gas companies, including prime minister Anthony Albanese, with the details of the meetings contained in a report by InfluenceMap in which it argues that Japanese LNG companies have worked with Australian gas interests to lobby for favourable local government policy to prolong the life of the industry and slow a shift to clean energy in Asia Pacific.

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INFLUENCEMAP, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND RESOURCES, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET