{"id":9330,"date":"2020-11-25T07:27:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T07:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=9330"},"modified":"2020-11-25T07:27:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T07:27:52","slug":"gas-powers-narrabri-precinct-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/11\/25\/gas-powers-narrabri-precinct-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"GAS POWERS NARRABRI PRECINCT INVESTIGATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government has today released a strategic statement outlining its ongoing support for the domestic gas industry, as a driver of new jobs and industry opportunities in regional NSW.<br \/>\nThe release of the\u00a0<em>Strategic Opportunities for Gas in Regional NSW<\/em>\u00a0statement coincides with the government\u2019s commitment to investigate a potential Narrabri Special Activation Precinct (SAP), which would streamline planning processes, create new jobs and fuel regional economic development.<br \/>\nDeputy Premier John Barilaro said with the recent Independent Planning Commission\u2019s approval of the Narrabri Gas Project and investment around the Narrabri Inland Port, now is the right time to investigate a Narrabri precinct.<br \/>\n\u201cToday we are releasing the NSW Government\u2019s statement of support for the future growth of the gas industry, backing investments like the Narrabri Gas Project that will provide a $3.6 billion economic boost and create around 1,500 new jobs,\u201d Mr Barilaro said.<br \/>\n\u201cThis gas project opens up a wide range of industry growth opportunities in manufacturing everything from plastics to fertiliser and construction materials.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is great news for the local economy, and it is why the Government will now start investigating a potential Special Activation Precinct in Narrabri.<br \/>\n\u201cWe want to create a thriving energy hub in Narrabri focused on value-added production and manufacturing to power long-term job opportunities across the region.\u201d<br \/>\nThe NSW Government will work closely with Narrabri Shire Council and local stakeholders on its investigations into a potential Narrabri precinct.<br \/>\nNarrabri Shire Council Mayor, Cr Ron Campbell, said the Narrabri Gas Project gives the potential Narrabri precinct a clear point of difference.<br \/>\n\u201cThis commitment is a great win for our region \u2013 a Special Activation Precinct would give potential investors confidence to commit to Narrabri and be innovative with the opportunities available here to do business with the world,\u201d Cr Campbell said.<br \/>\nThe\u00a0<em>NSW Government\u2019s Strategic Opportunities for Gas in Regional NSW<\/em>\u00a0statement outlines the government\u2019s support for the domestic gas industry, with a comprehensive Future of Gas Strategy to be delivered in 2021.<br \/>\nGas statement:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/gas-statement\">https:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/gas-statement<\/a><br \/>\nSAP page:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/narrabrisap\">https:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/narrabrisap<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government has today released a strategic statement outlining its ongoing support for the domestic gas industry, as a driver of new jobs and industry opportunities in regional NSW. The release of the\u00a0Strategic Opportunities for Gas in Regional NSW\u00a0statement coincides with the government\u2019s commitment to investigate a potential Narrabri Special Activation Precinct (SAP), which &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/11\/25\/gas-powers-narrabri-precinct-investigation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;GAS POWERS NARRABRI PRECINCT INVESTIGATION&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9330\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}