???A comprehensive failure': Turnbull lashes Berejiklian government

By Nicole Hasham
Updated September 26 2017 - 3:13pm, first published 3:09pm
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 25:Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a press conference regarding the shortfall in Gas for the domestic market.Taken at the Commonwealth offices, CBD   on September 25, 2017 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Ben Rushton/Fairfax Media)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 25:Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a press conference regarding the shortfall in Gas for the domestic market.Taken at the Commonwealth offices, CBD on September 25, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Ben Rushton/Fairfax Media)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 25:Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a press conference regarding the shortfall in Gas for the domestic market.Taken at the Commonwealth offices, CBD   on September 25, 2017 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Ben Rushton/Fairfax Media)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 25:Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a press conference regarding the shortfall in Gas for the domestic market.Taken at the Commonwealth offices, CBD on September 25, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Ben Rushton/Fairfax Media)

The Berejiklian government has comprehensively failed to develop enough gas reserves to help Australia head off grave shortages and keep power bills low, according to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, amid predictions of a looming national gas shortfall three times worse than first thought.

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