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Clive Palmer joins cross-party chorus for fairer gas tax

Clive Palmer and his United Australia Party have joined a growing chorus of voices calling for a 25% tax on Australian gas exports, saying “We need Australian gas for Australians, not sent offshore to benefit other countries.”

Opinion

Australians are fed up with our governments giving our gas resources away for free

If you drink beer, congratulations, you’re the backbone of the Australian economy! After all, that’s how politicians and the media describe the gas industry.

Petition

Tax the gas industry its fair share

Gas export companies are reaping billions from Australian resources while paying little or no tax.

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This book brings together advocates, politicians, campaigners, medical doctors, academics and a firefighter each with their answer to the question: what does bravery look like in Australia and how might it reshape our future for the better.

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What We Owe the Water

From the flood-soaked streets of Lismore to the rising waters in the Pacific, the effects of climate change are here.

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Media Release

One Nation and Greens voters strongly support 25% Gas Export Tax: poll

Media Release

Targeted tax cuts for battlers could be funded by taxing gas exports – new report

Media Release

RBA wrong to punish workers for rising inflation – new report

Opinion

New ideas from a new-look Coalition? Don’t bet your house on it

by Matt Grudnoff in The New Daily

Media Release

Carbon conference more about capturing taxpayer dollars than emissions

Featured Research

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

Tax cuts for those who need them

A proposal to change the Low-Income Tax Offset

by Matt Grudnoff and Richard Denniss

Banking & Finance, Housing, Wages & Entitlements

Wages are not to blame for rising inflation

Analysis of the National Accounts and Reserve Bank data and forecasts confirms rising wages are not causing renewed inflation increases.

by David Richardson, Greg Jericho and Matt Saunders

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

Tax: Beer drinkers vs gas companies

by Rod Campbell

Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Governance & Government Agencies

The Economics of Deception: Greenwashing as a rational market Strategy

Supplementary submission to the Senate inquiry into Greenwashing

by Polly Hemming and Richard Denniss

Digital Technology & the Internet, Media, Society & Culture

Reversing the decline of Australian music

Australia’s ‘one way valve’ dilemma

by Will Page and Morgan Harrington

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