All that export infra is paid for/backed by long term shipping contracts. Finance for domestic infra is harder to get because no one wants to be locked into 20

All that export infra is paid for/backed by long term shipping contracts. Finance for domestic infra is harder to get because no one wants to be locked into 20 year supply arrangements. The Japanese were, and that's what paid for Gladstone, and that's why for a period, Australian ng was cheaper in Japan than on-shore.