Labor, which now stands as the only political party still trying to convince people there is a shortage of gas, is against the whole Coalition policy. And look – we are not fans of the entire thing. But the point the Coalition is making about using existing supply to create a domestic gas reservation and to tax the gas companies, is a well overdue one in Australia and is supported by pretty much everyone else in the parliament and any credible expert.

Jason Clare has been sent out to talk about the policy, which is how you know Labor really needs to have its excuses heard by people, because there is no one better than Clare in simplifying a message. But here, he is wrong.

This is not a policy, it’s snake oil. It’s not modelling. I think it’s just 125 words worth of assumptions. In the budget reply, they said they have a gas reservation policy. It’s just charges for people to put more gas in the system. Let’s call this for what it is. It’s a distraction from their nuclear reactor policy which is, I said, as popular as root canal. They won’t say what they’ll cut.

It’s a more feasible policy than the nuclear one and Labor is the outlier here on the domestic gas reserve using existing gas wells.