How Mali trapped Pauline Hanson and Ashton Hurn on fracking ban

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[00:00:00]The stage was set. The trap was baited.

[00:00:03][music] The key actors played their predictable roles and were ins snared.

[00:00:08]The southeast gas fracking fur erupted on Tuesday when One Nation, the Liberals, and the Greens formed an unlikely alliance to entrench a 10-year moratorum expiring in 2028. But the trap was baited [music] the previous Thursday, May 14, when the advertiser exclusively revealed Premier Peter Malinowskis' move to [music] ax the ban to avert a future energy crisis. It was sprung when One Nation leader Pauline Hansen and [music] Federal Liberal leader Angus Taylor gave keynote speeches to an Australian energy producers conference [music] in Adelaide on Thursday. both expressed fullthroatated support for the gas industry. Pauline Hansen said One Nation wanted quote more gas, more oil, and more energy to drive our economy forward, pay down our debts, and [music] secure our energy future end quote.

[00:01:05]Angus Taylor said it was quote essential that we get more oil and gas out from under the ground end quote. [music] and state governments should make fast decisions on potential projects, quote, based on facts, not fiction, end quote.

[00:01:20]They are both at odds with their state counterparts [music] who favored the local Southeast interests ahead of the state [music] interest of adding to gas supply. They fell right into the premier's trap.