Yes, Victoria’s efforts to wean households off gas have been dialled back. But it’s still real progress
- Written by Trivess Moore, Associate Professor in Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University

On the question of gas, Victoria’s government faces pressure from many directions.
The Bass Strait wells supplying Australia’s most gas-dependent state are running dry. Gas prices shot up in 2020 and have stayed high. Natural gas is mainly methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
But weaning more than two million gas-using...