The WA Government is being accused of altering a secret report it commissioned, to support its claims the state's gas will help Asia reduce its greenhouse emissions. The government tabled a final version of the $400,000 dollar report late yesterday, which has significant changes from a draft revealed by the ABC last week.
00:00Bearing the brunt of the WA government's gas report fiasco.
00:07I'm not going to comment on that. I can't give you a reason for that.
00:10I'm not going to get down into that level of detail.
00:13Sabina Winton was the sacrificial lamb for the WA government,
00:16which is facing allegations of altering a secret $400,000 report to suit its narrative.
00:23The ABC revealed last week a draft version of the report
00:27undermined the Premier Roger Cook's claims WA's gas is critical to helping the world reach net zero.
00:34The government has now tabled a final version of the report with substantial differences.
00:40Graphs removed in the second version, headlines changed,
00:43all done to downplay the impact that gas is having on our climate.
00:47What I can say is we're reviewing that legislation.
00:50It's important to review that climate legislation and the targets to ensure that it's fit for purpose.
00:56Among the changes to the final report is a projection that gas consumption in Asia will increase by 90% by 2050.
01:05That figure is double what the draft report claims.
01:08In response to questions to the Premier, a spokesperson says the Deloitte report was drafted and revised independent of government.
01:15There is a trend here of the Cook Labor government hiding the truth when it comes to the gas industry and the impact they're having on our climate.
01:22We saw it with the Muradjuga rock art monitoring report.
01:25We had a whistleblower come out.
01:26And you would expect any reporting that is done and then is used as documentation to stand up or hold up a particular argument,
01:32that they would be presented in an undoctored and unbiased way.
01:37The government claims both versions of the Deloitte report support its claim that WA's gas is key to the transition to cleaner energy.
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