As climate disasters become more frequent, fewer Australians will be able to insure their homes. Add your name to the call for a climate disaster levy ✍️ https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/climatedisasterlevy

“In response to [the global fuel] crisis, the Antipoverty Centre has called for an urgent increase to Centrelink payments to help people weather the storm." - Kristin O’Connell, an antipoverty activist with the @antipovertycentre.org. Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4dD9e1R

Good.

Every week the federal government delays a 25% gas export tax costs the Australian public around $350 million in revenue. That's $350 million a week that could have gone to funding essential services! @davidpocock.bsky.social #auspol

It's time for the government to give Australians a fair return for their resources. A 25% tax on gas exports could raise enough to completely cover the cost of FREE university and TAFE! @sophiescamps.bsky.social #auspol

A 25% tax on gas exports would raise enough revenue to make childcare FREE for Australian families! "It's time to get that money, that $17 billion in revenue every single year, flowing back into the pockets of households across this country." @stephhodgins-may.bsky.social #auspol

Australians are missing out on millions of dollars every week the government delays a 25% tax on gas exports! "$350 million of revenue a week is what could ease the cost of living crisis." @fatima-payman.bsky.social #auspol

Just 1 example of the kind of thing unis are getting for their massive spend on consultants. ANU spent $6k on a "non-significant meeting" with a reputation management firm at which apparently no one took a note. That's more than a tutor gets for a semester's work thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

That was fun. Told them their decade long party was over and I was there to turn off the music.

#GazaGenocide #SolidarityWithIranLebanonPalestine

So sad!

"In Australia, we subsidise the fossil fuel industry. We give more than half of the gas we export away for free, and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni." See more of Richard Denniss on Q&A here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAYxzRNfC6k

A gas export tax won't come as a surprise to Australia's trading partners or investors. But it will drive down domestic gas prices & ensure that Australians get a fairer return for our resources. @rodcampbell.bsky.social & @ebonybennett.bsky.social discuss on Follow the Money ➡️🎧 theaus.in/4dJTmdJ

A 25% gas export tax would drive down prices for Australians & collect billions that can be used to provide better, cheaper public services. @rodcampbell.bsky.social & @ebonybennett.bsky.social discuss the case for a gas export tax & the ban on new coal mines in NSW. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/4dJTmdJ

. @rodcampbell.bsky.social idly wondering if the fact the Japanese govt part own gas giant INPEX has anything to do with the Japanese ambassador warning against a 25% gas export tax....surely not!!! #PointLive live.thepoint.com.au

Exactly. Stopping #FosdilFuels exports will Speed the #transition in Asia. That will benefit both Australia and the planet. #auspol

Just plonking this here. www.afr.com/politics/fed...

Strong agree! As a parent of Vic public school kid, fully support the teachers.

New analysis from me and David Richardson: Profit push is back: the increase in inflation is due to profits @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/news/260324-...

@andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social's right. A climate disaster levy will help Australia deal with the increase in climate disasters

Great piece on how Aus coal and gas decisions impact Asian countries. NSW stopped coal mines. Korea will end coal sooner. Feat Solutions for Our Climate in @newcastleherald.bsky.social www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/920499...

"[US Secretary of Defence] Hegseth has said we're not going to be bound by 'stupid rules of engagement'. "The mythology is...that's what's been holding the United States back from victory." @emmashortis.bsky.social on the US-Israel war on Iran. 🎧 theaus.in/4dw5leG

“The Commonwealth Government gets more revenue from beer excise than it gets from its so-called Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT).” - Dr Richard Denniss “Australians have much to gain and nothing to lose from introducing a gas export tax.” Read more: https://theaus.in/4sspVkQ

In Australia's apparently most progressive state, brave men still take on angry birds armed with nothing but powerful guns. My post over on @amyremeikis.bsky.social 's blog. live.thepoint.com.au?post=5943e11...

"It's time to call BS on the idea that we can't afford to look after Australians. "Subsidies that largely go to Clive Palmer, Gina Rinehart, BHP, Rio Tinto are growing faster than the NDIS." @rodcampbell.bsky.social on Australia's out-of-control fossil fuel subsidies. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/3PHIcMu

If the Albanese Government had introduced a 25% gas export tax when it was first elected, it would have raised more than $63 billion! Free childcare or free uni shouldn't be a pipe dream. If big gas paid its fair share, Australians would be better off. @grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol

“The economics and the politics of export gas tax is inevitable,” co-CEO Dr Richard Denniss said. “There’s no other gas exporter in the world that gets a worse deal than Australia. Read more: https://theaus.in/41gEMD2

It’s not just some rich people paying less tax - big businesses are doing it too. Read our report to learn the simple steps which would raise $70 billion a year in extra tax: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/three-simple-fair-steps-which-would-raise-70-billion-dollars-a-year-in-extra-tax/

"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's gas exports....You're not alone in thinking that Australia is getting taken for a ride." Add your name to the petition: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem

Looking for some good news??? NSW JUST BANNED NEW COAL MINES!!! My piece w @ebonybennett.bsky.social on @thepointau.bsky.social : thepoint.com.au/news/260321-...

Ludicrous waste of taxpayers money!

I've waited 15 years to read this headline!! Great news. Moratorium on coal mine extensions next!! @australiainstitute.org.au @richarddenniss.bsky.social

The latest on Australians vs fossil fuel subsidies. $11.6 billion to help disabled Aussies is a “ballooning” cost that must be “reined in”. $10.8 billion tax break to give foreign mining companies cheap diesel “not the time” to cut. Pretty gross. Links below.

Oh dear, we've upset Craig Kelly. Stop fossil fuel subsidies. Fund services.

To get a gun licence in Australia, applicants must provide a “genuine reason.” In NSW alone, up to 253,670 gun licences list sports shooting or recreational hunting as a genuine reason, but only 36,000 people actually participate in either activity. @rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol

"If the NDIS is ‘runaway spending’, what do we call $16 billion in fossil fuel subsidies?" @rodcampbell.bsky.social for @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

@rodcampbell.bsky.social writes ' Beyond the 2025–26 budget year, total budgeted fossil fuel subsidies over the longer term have reached $72.7billion.' Why are successive governments giving #fossilfuel corporations that much of the public purse? #auspol #taxtime thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Angus Taylor roasted by journalist over his recent call for govt to use ADF fuel tankers to supply regional areas. Taylor first claims to be misquoted, then refuses to say that he even agrees with the idea (his idea).🤦‍♂️ Journalist: “You’re not answering the question.” 🔥 #auspol

Let me get this straight... $ billions in subsidies for BHP and Gina is fine but... ...money for disabled care, pensioners, Aussies out of a job is "unaffordable"...? thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

New research from The Australia Institute has found that the majority of people who own a firearm with the stated reason of sports or recreation do not actually participate in either activity. Read more: https://theaus.in/4lwKPN7

Laws are only effective if they're enforced and right now there's a big gap between the # of people get a firearm for hunting or sport shooting and the # of people who actually engage in those activities. If they're not using the gun for the stated reason, why are they are allowed to keep them?

The Australia Institute has proposed a Climate Disaster Levy on fossil fuel exports to ensure the companies exporting fossil fuels from Australia pay for some of the damage they are causing, rather than leaving Australians to foot the bill. Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/3N6vLt1

"You're giving away your natural resources...I find it mind-boggling." @josephestiglitz.bsky.social Australian beer drinkers pay more tax than gas companies pay in Petroleum Resource Rent Tax. A 25% tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion every year! #auspol

Australia's gun laws in major need of reform. 200,000+ gun owners in don't use their weapons for the reasons stated on their licence. This is a major security risk for the community Great story on SMH front page on important new @australiainstitute.org.au research. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Ed Husic is calling on Dr Jim Chalmers to consider embracing the ACTU’s proposal for a 25 per cent tax on gas exports, which would raise $17bn a year. Read more: https://theaus.in/3N4w7jR

Highlighting Husic pointed to research from The Australia Institute, Ed Husic showed Parliament that roughly 30% of Australia’s gas exports are not required to meet existing contracts. “These facts will stun Australians,” Husic said. Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4blZWUO

All your Iran war law questions answered here. Great piece by Prof Donald Rothwell, of ANU thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Oh look, the Guardian piece on our latest report is popular. Subsidies for mining companies outpacing cost of NDIS. Could fix this in the budget, @albomp.bsky.social? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"People want to work. And that includes work that’s not itemised or valued by capital." Great piece on UBI by @squigglyrick.bsky.social on @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Excellent work by @rodcampbell.bsky.social and @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social 'the overall cost of the subsidies is now growing at a faster rate than funding for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which increased by only 7.6 per cent over the same period.' thepoint.com.au/news/260312-...