ABC News !, page-12

Excerpt from Ministerial Release last Thursday (see above link) ... It doesn't get any clearer than this ...

"Minister for Resources and Water Keith Pitt joined Member for Dawson George Christensen in Mackay to officially announce the North Bowen and Galilee Basin Strategic Basin Plan.
“The Plan supports industry to develop the region’s major gas resources and is the second to be delivered under the Government’s Strategic Basins Plan Program,” Minister Pitt said.
“The North Bowen and Galilee basins are estimated to hold enough gas to meet Australia’s east coast needs for over a decade. The new plan will support industry to overcome the specific challenges of developing these resources. ....

.... “This plan is going to open up these geologically promising basins, creating up to 5,500 new jobs in Queensland by 2030,” Mr Christensen said.
“It will promote private sector confidence and bring forward investment to stimulate the economy of central and north Queensland.”
The plan includes $20.7 million of investment to unlock gas potential in the basins, and will leverage more than $400 million in research funding and critical infrastructure upgrades...."