'High risk': Australia may cripple its gas industry, warns Santos CEO
The head of Santos says Australia is at risk of mimicking Argentina in crippling it's own gas industry.
Latika Bourke is a reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age based in London. She has previously worked for Fairfax Media, the ABC and 2UE in Canberra. Latika won the Walkley Award for Young Australian Journalist of the Year in 2010.
The head of Santos says Australia is at risk of mimicking Argentina in crippling it's own gas industry.
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