Victoria is pleading with the federal government to limit how much gas can be shipped overseas as the state argues its own gas supplies have been drained from propping up the rest of the country for decades.

In a new submission to the federal government, Victorian Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio insists Australia must finally set up a domestic gas reservation scheme to force Queensland’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) export companies to hold back more gas for domestic use, especially for heating during the winter months.

The submission, alongside others from governments, fossil fuel producers and consumers, have been made public as part of a sweeping review of federal gas market rules .

“For years, gas processed in Victoria supplied well over half of Australia’s east coast domestic gas

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