An energy company chairman says more pipelines are needed, amid warnings Australia’s east coast could be facing a worsening gas crisis.

Blue Energy chairman John Ellice-Flint says the Queensland’s Bowen Basin could be a major contributor to the diminishing east coast gas supply.

Mr Ellice-Flint, former CEO of energy company Santos, tells Ross Greenwood the basin needs a better pipeline into the national grid.

“The importance in everyday life of fossil fuels is sorely misunderstood in Australia.”

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