His comments reflect anxiety in Japan about the stability of Australian gas supply and come just days after producers warned that the Albanese government’s decarbonisation priorities ignored increasing demand for LNG from major Asian trading partners. They say a discussion paper released this week by Resources Minister Madeleine King ignored the role of Australian gas in beefing up energy security for Asian allies. This left some producers dismayed that it underplayed a key driver for investment in the sector and would reinforce Japanese gas buyers’ fears that Australia was “quietly quitting” LNG. The paper, calling for policies to squeeze domestic…