One of the major surprises of the energy debate in Australia is that both the South Australian Labor Premier, Jay Weatherill, and National Party leader, Barnaby Joyce, managed to agree on a sensible policy. That policy, involving handing farmers a slice of the royalties on gas extracted from underneath their land, may transform the present blame shifting of the debate into a discussion about what to do with all the cheap gas – if it is ever adopted.
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