❓ Question on Notice regarding alleged lobbying by Woodside (via Gary Gray) to remove the requirement for Australian LNG train manufacture due to high costs. The Treasurer confirms Gray was the source of the information and that Woodside lobbied heavily.
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I refer to your statement to Parliament on 17 February 2015, that Labor in power, under pressure from Gary Gray, was convinced that it was too expensive to design an LNG train in Australia, and I ask: (a) who informed you that Mr Gray pressured the Labor Government; and (b) what is the nature of the pressure that you say Mr Gray placed on the Labor Government?
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25 March 2015
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(a) Mr Gray.
(b) Woodside, where Mr Gray worked as a Senior Executive responsible for Corporate Affairs, lobbied the Government heavily to remove the requirement to manufacture the LNG train in Australia given the high cost.
(b) Woodside, where Mr Gray worked as a Senior Executive responsible for Corporate Affairs, lobbied the Government heavily to remove the requirement to manufacture the LNG train in Australia given the high cost.
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