BREAKING: Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie is open to a gas export tax! Australia Institute research shows a 25% tax on gas exports could solve the gas crisis – and raise $17 billion a year at the same time. Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rWPCcn

“Combined with the 50 basis points rise in February and March, in less than 2 months households are paying the equivalent of a 90 basis point rise in interest rates," writes Greg Jericho. “That. Is. Brutal.” Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3NMsqiP

The @antipovertycentre.org said it is “unacceptable” that people in poverty are being forced to “spend even more of the little money they have” on fuel or taxis. Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/47sa8u6

“A 25% gas export tax could see Australian wholesale gas prices fall by up to 25% as gas exporters compete with each other to avoid paying the export tax by diverting supply to the untaxed Australian market.” - Dr Richard Denniss & Jack Thrower Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/4svhXaH

"If we had a better return from our oil and gas, we could put it into industries which will increase our productivity tomorrow." @mon4kooyong.bsky.social Australia Institute research shows a 25% tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion every year! #auspol

"We don't have a gas supply problem. We have a gas export problem." @nicboele.bsky.social Australia Institute research shows a 25% tax on gas exports could solve the gas crisis – and raise $17 billion every year at the same time. #auspol

Big gas, coal and oil companies profit massively from climate change, while everyday Australians pay the price. It’s not fair. Together, let's call on the Australian Government to make coal and gas corporations pay for the damage they cause. ✍️Sign the petition: https://theaus.in/4uT7Td6

Australia Institute analysis shows that if the Albanese government had introduced a 25% gas export tax back in 2022, it would have raised more than $63 billion! "During the post-Covid year, gas companies made up to $40 billion in profit from that crisis." @zalisteggall.bsky.social #auspol

Australia Institute research shows a 25% tax on gas exports could solve the gas crisis – and raise $17 billion every year at the same time! "Australians have every right to feel furious at the moment at the raw deal they're getting on the sale of our gas." @sophiescamps.bsky.social #auspol

More than half of Australia’s exported gas is given to companies FOR FREE. Now we’re told a gas export tax won’t go down well in Tokyo. Should we be worried? Dr Richard Denniss says call the bluff, noting similar threats amounted to nothing. Read more: https://theaus.in/3PthCH6

“The only priority of childcare providers should be the children in their care. They should not be distracted by the idea of keeping their shareholders happy.” Read more here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/how-to-fix-australias-broken-childcare-system-so-everybody-wins/

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

Australia Institute research shows a 25% tax on gas exports could bring in $17 BILLION a year – funding the essential services Australians rely on. Meanwhile, big gas keeps cashing in while everyday Australians pay the price. ✍️ Sign the petition: https://theaus.in/4sPXvlj

“As long as we continue to treat teaching like a form of moral sacrifice rather than skilled professional labour, the system will continue to rely on goodwill it has no intention of properly valuing,” writes Stephanie Wescott and Adriana Bonifacio. Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/4syzrDl

Even the gas lobby’s own ads in the newspapers today show the Federal Government makes more from taxing beer than gas. Big gas is taking the piss and Australians are being ripped off - it’s time that changed. ✍️ Sign the petition: https://theaus.in/3PtoZ1a

“Given [the increase in inflation] happened before the Iran War and the surge in oil prices, the very great worry is that this will just be the start, and a repeat of 2022 and 2023 is set to follow." Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4t5o3hZ

If gas prices stay at current levels, a 25% gas export tax could cover the cost of free uni and TAFE! "Australia's natural gas resource belongs to all Australians. So it should only be exploited if the community benefits in a very tangible and material way." @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social #auspol

“The arts sector is in crisis, still recovering from COVID and the cost-of-living crisis. It needs support to survive," said Skye Predavec, Researcher at The Australia Institute. Read more: https://theaus.in/4taHypy

New Australia Institute polling shows more than three in five Australians support a flat 25% tax on gas exports! "We have got corporations making windfall war profits while people's energy prices are going up. It is indefensible." - Senator @stephhodgins-may.bsky.social #auspol

New Australia Institute polling shows an overwhelming majority of Australians support a gas export tax. 💸💸 "That gas belongs to all Australians. Companies can export it. They can make a profit. But they should be paying us 25% of whatever they get for that gas." @davidpocock.bsky.social #auspol

“The government knows what it must do – it has already developed transport and resources sector plans that show the best actions to move away from oil.” – Kevin Morrison & Amandine Denis-Ryan Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4uP34l5

Will a 25% gas export tax cause higher inflation? No, it will lower inflation. Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3PqYUjk

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...

“There is a very real possibility Australia faces fuel rationing. We do not have enough fuel, even less when it comes to diesel, and that has ramifications for food security as well as transport,” writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social. Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4c3ftug

Australia, Big Gas is taking the piss. That’s why we made this TV ad – to make sure people know. We need a 25% gas export tax so Australia gets a fair share. ✍️Add your name and call on the government to act. Sign the petition: https://theaus.in/4d6K2QS

'The real owners of these [gas] resources are the citizens of this very country. And I very much hope and expect that the citizens get their fair share..." - IEA chief Fatih Birol on 7.30 Right now, Australian beer drinkers pay more tax than gas companies pay in Petroleum Resource Rent Tax! #auspol

“Personally, I’m a fan of proportional representation, and it would help us navigate the structural shifts in our democracy without so much whinging about preferences and elections being rigged all the time.” - Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO, The Australia Institute Read more: https://theaus.in/4uNSoTO

As US sanctions create a humanitarian crisis in Cuba, Trump's "little excursion" in Iran drags on. @emmashortis.bsky.social examines the US-Israel war on Iran, before @j-laurenceson.bsky.social joins to discuss the impact of the conflict on China & the delayed Trump-Xi summit. 🎧 theaus.in/4uSqVAE

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie tabled our Climate Disaster levy petition in federal parliament yesterday! 👏👏👏 While coal and gas companies are making millions from burning fossil fuels, our communities are left to foot the bill for climate disasters. @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social #auspol

New polling by The Australia Institute shows most Australians are in favour of a flat 25 per cent tax on gas exports. Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4bY5B58

“As is often the case with Australia’s “winner takes all” seat elections, Labor’s seat haul is out of proportion with its vote share,” writes Bill Browne, Director of The Australia Institute's Democracy & Accountability Program. Full analysis on The Point: https://theaus.in/41jRe4X

"These greedy gas corporations are taking the piss." "They've been price-gouging Australians for far too long, and it's time our government placed a minimum 25% gas export levy to use that revenue to help people." @larissawaters.bsky.social 👏👏👏 #auspol

"If the major parties want to have majority support in Australia, it's time for them to support issues like a tax on gas that a majority of Australians support." @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

New South Wales is the first state in Australia to ban new coal mines! This is a monumental policy shift and the first real acknowledgement by an Australian Government that fossil fuels must be phased out. #auspol

Australia Institute polling shows an overwhelming majority of Australians across the political spectrum support a gas export tax. As well as raising billions, it would also give companies a big incentive to divert gas to Australians! @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

"It's clear Australians think that making foreign owned gas companies pay for our gas isn't an issue of left or right, but a simple issue of fairness," said Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO of The Australia Institute. Read more: https://theaus.in/4lUXgT9

The verdict: True. Australia exports gas so cheaply that Japanese companies profit from on-selling our gas. Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rS2dNL

This is BIG - a significant win on coal policy in NSW 👇 The state became the first to ban new coal mines. The ban also ends government investment in coal exploration. This a seismic shift in policy and a hard-fought win for the community! Read more: https://theaus.in/4rPP87R

“With rising levels of government, corporate and private borrowing, fears of a global financial crisis are rising," writes Allen Behm, Advisor to The Australia Institute’s International & Security Affairs Program. Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3PlHRzb

“As climate disasters intensify, the question isn’t whether we can afford to act. The real question is why Governments continue to allow the biggest climate vandals to avoid paying their fair share,” writes @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social. Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/41rTw1T

“The gas industry is clearly worried that a vast majority of Australians believe there should be a 25% tax on gas exports,” writes Greg Jericho, Chief Economist of The Australia Institute. Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4dDifrt

“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

"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

"[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

"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

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/

The war in the Middle East could cost Australia $16.5 billion in growth by 2027. A 25% tax on gas exporters (making massive profits on the war making gas prices rise) could raise $17 billion for Australia. @grogsgamut.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.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

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 war on Iran is now in its third week, and things are very quickly spiralling out of control. The United States is increasingly isolated. Allies humiliated and bullied by Trump are being put in impossible positions. None of this is going anywhere good. Read more: https://theaus.in/4rNUOzh