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Australia’s Gas Giveaway

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Tax the gas industry its fair share

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Fix Australia’s Gas Export Problem

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End salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour

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Gas: The Facts

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Latest Research

Energy from Fossil Fuels, Fossil Fuel Mining, Tax, Spending & the Budget

Taxing Australia’s gas: It’s time for a fair return

Submission to the Select Committee on the Taxation of Gas Resources

April 14, 2026 by Richard Denniss, Mark Ogge, Louise Morris, Rod Campbell, Greg Jericho, Matt Grudnoff, Jack Thrower, Matt Saunders and Skye Predavec

Fossil Fuel Mining, Tax, Spending & the Budget

National and Electorate polls – taxing gas exports

March 23, 2026

Energy from Fossil Fuels, Fossil Fuel Mining, Tax, Spending & the Budget, Trade & Foreign Aid

We have already missed out on $63.8 billion in taxes from gas exports

A 25% tax on natural gas exports could have eased the pain of global energy price spikes

March 20, 2026 by Richard Denniss and Matt Saunders

Fossil Fuel Mining, Tax, Spending & the Budget

Fossil fuel subsidies in Australia 2026

Federal and state government assistance to producers and major users of fossil fuels in 2025-26

March 12, 2026 by Matt Grudnoff and Rod Campbell

Fossil Fuel Mining, Inequality, Tax, Spending & the Budget

Tax cuts for those who need them

A proposal to change the Low-Income Tax Offset

February 27, 2026 by Matt Grudnoff and Richard Denniss

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Latest News

Media Release

Australians want nothing more than a fair return for their gas: submission to Senate Inquiry

April 14, 2026

Media Release

Every day the government delays implementing a 25% gas export tax costs the budget $49.8 million

April 12, 2026

Australian Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen (left) and Treasurer Jim Chalmers (right) are seen at a press conference at the Ampol Lytton Refinery in Brisbane. Wednesday, September 17, 2025. The Albanese Government is investing $1.1 billion to help unlock the economic opportunities on offer from low carbon liquid fuels.

Podcast: Follow the Money

How a gas export tax could transform Australia

March 25, 2026 featuring Rod Campbell and Ebony Bennett

Media Release

Tax gas exports, invest in health/aged care – new polls

March 23, 2026

Treasurer Jim Chalmers after delivering the 2025-26 Federal Budget in the House of Representatives, Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, March 25, 2025.

Media Release

Free childcare. Free university. The simple, sensible policy which would have raised $63.8 billion in under four years.

March 20, 2026

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