Australia has absolute stonks of gas. We're exporting 83% of it as LNG while households and manufacturers get screwed by sky-high prices linked to the global market.
Gas industry: 'A 25% export tax will cause shortages, job losses, and hurt Aussies!'
Reality: We've got enough for domestic needs till 2050. This is just greedy exporters protecting their record profits while paying peanuts in tax. Norway and Qatar tax the hell out of theirs and the industry thrives.
Time to stop being played for fools. Tax the exports, give Australians a fair return on our resources. 91% of readers agree — poll after poll shows it.
Big Gas can cry all they want. The gas belongs to us, not their overseas shareholders.

#GasExportTax #FairReturn #gas #gastax #gastaxnow #fossilfuel

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026/03/25/gas-tax-reality#google_vignette

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This is exactly what happens when corporations run a nation.
Massive welfare for the rich — trillions in bailouts, subsidies, tax loopholes and sweetheart deals — while they pay basically zero effective tax. The result? A country bled dry, with working people left holding the bag for endless deficits and crumbling services.
Sound familiar, Australia? Our mining multinationals, Big Tech giants and foreign-owned energy firms do the same thing here: rake in billions from our resources and markets, dodge tax through havens and loopholes, then lecture us about "budget emergencies" when it's time to fund Medicare, NDIS or affordable housing.
Corporate capture isn't just an American disease — it's global. Time to tax the bastards properly and put people and planet before profit.
#ClassWar #TaxTheRich #Auspol #gas #gastax #gastaxnow #prrT

The Australian government is finally sniffing around a windfall profits levy on gas giants and thermal coal companies to claw back some of those massive export profits while petrol hits the roof from the Middle East war (Iran tensions spiking oil prices).
Treasury's been asked to model options — including tweaks to the notoriously weak PRRT — ahead of the May budget. The goal? Stop energy producers pocketing huge gains "at the expense of domestic customers" and help buffer Aussies from another cost-of-living gut punch.
Greens and unions are cheering (25% export levy anyone? Could raise billions for relief like free public transport), while the gas lobby is already crying foul.
About time we stopped subsidising billion-dollar fossil exports while families pay $2+ for petrol. Tax the windfalls, fund the relief.

#GasTax #CostOfLiving #AlboBudget #Auspol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-20/government-explores-new-tax-for-gas-coal-to-buffer-fuel-costs/106475100

Aussies pay more tax on a stubby than the gas barons pay on billions in exported LNG.
Senator Pocock is spot on: time to end the great gas giveaway. Slap a flat 25% tax on exports, rake in billions for housing, health, & renewables instead of letting multinationals leach our resources for peanuts.
Beer taxes > PRRT? That’s not a policy, that’s a scam. Fix it now!
Sign the petition & spread the word.

#Auspol #GasTax #EndTheScam #TaxTheRich #AustraliaInstitute #ResourceTax

https://www.davidpocock.com.au/prrt_petition

Aussies are stunned: Treasury just confirmed we’ll rake in $2.7B from beer excise in 2025-26… but only $1.5B from PRRT on our massive offshore gas exports. We’re one of the world’s biggest LNG exporters, yet multinational gas giants pay less tax than punters pay on a slab.
This is broken. Gas companies dodge super-profits tax with endless deductions while everyday drinkers get slugged. Time to fix PRRT, slap on real royalties or a flat export tax, and build a proper sovereign wealth fund for future generations—not corporate handouts.
Why are we taxing beer harder than billion-dollar gas rip-offs? Tax the extractors, not the exhausted.
#PRRT #GasTax #ResourceRent #AustraliaInstitute #TaxJustice #EndCorporateWelfare

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