Why Australia needs a new energy partnership with Japan

Japan was consulted and advised on the nature of the policy changes and that it would have no impact on contracts and supplies to Japan. Japanese concerns continued to be aired in public and private despite reassurances by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his ministers that Australia remains a stable and secure supplier of energy. The next most important sources of Japanese energy are Saudi Arabia at 15 per cent of imports, the UAE at 12 per cent and Russia, Indonesia and Qatar at less than 10 per cent each. Japan relies on imports for 88 per cent of its…