This report explores attitudes towards gas network pruning (strategic decommissioning). It focuses on Australian households facing barriers to electrification and finds generally positive attitudes to the idea of repurposing gas pipeline expenditure for local area electrification. The report recommends governments and regulators develop and implement pruning, prioritising fully funded upgrades for low-income households.

Despite the need to reduce gas use in Australia, millions are spent each year on gas networks. This report develops a framework to assess proposals to shrink the gas network through electrification, called strategic decommissioning or network pruning. It proposes changes governments can make to avoid further spending on gas networks.

As Australian households and businesses search for cheaper, cleaner and more efficient fuels, they are using less gas. Governments have largely ignored this decline. This report calls on the federal and state governments to take more control of declining gas production and use, to achieve climate targets and protect users from high prices.

A report into the tax treatment of Australian oil and gas resources, including proposals for changes to the tax treatment of gas production and export. The views and recommendations of committee members are presented. Agreement was unable to be reached on a set of recommendations on Australia's approach to the taxation of its gas resources.

As gas demand declines, consumers who remain on the gas network face mounting costs and risks without a clear government-led plan for the future of gas networks. This report outlines evidence that gas consumers face significant risks, because efficient electric appliances are a better choice for Australia from all perspectives. It provides six recommendations.