Mark Ogge

@markogge.bsky.social

Principal Advisor on climate and energy at The Australia Institute. My views are my own.

So funny. The ALP National Conference statement on gas tax: “Labor will ensure that the Australian people *receive a fairer return* from their natural resources including through appropriate taxation arrangements...blah blah blah' So if they raise an extra $5...mission success!

The same day top mining lobbyist Tania Constable claimed @australiainstitute.org.au criticisms of the government’s safeguard mechanism were “ridiculous" ....turns out the government paid foreign owned gas exporter/ tax cheat - Shell $90m free carbon offsets despite INCREASING it’s emissions

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This conflict is likely to drive global gas prices through the roof. Because the Australian Government gives most of our the gas to Big Gas exporters for free, and the PRRT is broken, Big Gas will make massive windfall profits and Australians will get virtually nothing.

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