Off the Charts // Climate & Energy
A picture tells a thousand words and Off the Charts is where you’ll find the charts and graphs that tell the most interesting stories. Across all the areas the Australia Institute covers, we give you the pictures that help you understand what is really going on in the world.
Appointing the former INPEX general manager as the NT interim Territory Coordinator is a terrible move
Gas giant INPEX is notorious for not paying tax and now the NT govt is giving a former exec power to exempt gas projects from environmental regulations
Approving new fossil fuel mines makes both the climate and housing affordability worse
Every time the government approves a new fossil fuel mines it choose to make it harder for people to build homes.
.October 2024
AGL is charging ordinary consumers more than 3 times for gas than it charges businesses
Analysis of AGL’s annual report reveals that AGL charge households 3 times for its gas than it does to businesses.
August 2024
As Pacific Islands Forum meets, the government should admit we do not need more gas
Claims that LNG gas can’t be used to meet any shortages in south-east Australia are completely false given how much uncontracted LNG capacity Australia has over the next 20 years.
Forget everything you have heard – Australia does not have a gas shortage
Australia exports around 35 times more gas than would be needed to cover any potential “shortage” in South-East Australia. Australia does not need more gas
June 2024
It is time to abolish the expensive Fuel Tax Credit that incentivises fossil fuel use.
The OECD has recently called for the end of Australia Fuel Tax Credits Scheme, which is growing in cost every year.
May 2024
Teachers pay more tax than the oil and gas industry
Oil and gas companies claim they pay the wages of teachers and other public sector services, but teachers actually pay twice the tax.
The tax incentive for green hydrogen is a start, but it has a very, very long way to go
We need green hydrogen to have a net zero economy, but the amount estimated to be produced by the measures in the Budget show how far we have to go
Gas industry emissions will cost us much more than their so-called economic benefits
The emissions from the gas industry are delivering a devasting cost to our future
April 2024
Investing in a renewable manufacturing industry is vital for Australia’s living standards (and climate)
Australia’s economy is less an advanced economy than it is a petrostate style simple economy. That needs to change
February 2024
Western Australia’s phony gas shortage
Western Australia produces much more gas than the state needs and any fears of a shortage is driven by the industry to increase prices
January 2024
Australian governments suck up to Japanese fossil fuel companies. Again.
The Australian and Northern Territory Governments continue to do all they can to help foreign gas companies including giving them gas for free, despite them paying next to no tax.
December 2023
The Wellbeing Framework’s metric of greenhouse gas emissions is the same one used by past climate-change denying governments
The most important issue for Australians’ wellbeing is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and yet the government is not being honest about its progress in the the Wellbeing Framework.
November 2023
The Government needs to stop using dodgy “land use” accounting to suggest emissions are falling
It is time for the Government to stop using land use figures to make their greenhouse gas emission projections look better than they really are.
....With costs rising for public infrastructure, the government needs to stop approving coal and gas mines
In a tight labour market, approving new coal and gas mines is not just bad for the climate, it also raises the cost of public infrastructure projects.
New research shows our 2030 emission targets are woefully out of date
The evidence is clear – our current policies and targets are insufficient to prevent dangerous global warming, and not aligned with latest scientific research.
September 2023
WA emissions weigh down the rest of the nation
Western Australia’s rising emissions means the efforts by other states to reduce emissions are being cancelled out.
August 2023
As time runs out Australia’s emissions are going in the wrong direction
Australian’s greenhouse gas emissions are rising and with each month the path ahead becomes harder and more costly.
The Northern Territory is the world leader for per-capita emissions
The Australian Government would like the other states to help offset the Northern Territory emissions. That’s a big ask given the NT is already the heaviest emitter of CO2 per capita in the world
_July 2023
The Con of Carbon Capture and Storage
Relying on carbon capture and storage to reduce emissions is like trying to empty a swimming pool with a thimble
June 2023
Time is running out to reach our emissions target, and our path needs changing
With less than 7 years to go till 2030 we cannot wait to transition away from coal and gas
May 2023
Consultancy firms boast of action on climate change while advocating for more coal mines
Consultancy companies like to boast they are committed to action on climate change, but they much prefer overstating the benefits of coal mines
Surging mining sector profits are distorting Australia’s economy.
Profits in the mining sector are surging, but output is not – and the increased prices come at a cost to the rest of the economy
April 2023
Forecasts for fossil fuel production and exports – good for mining companies, bad for the climate
The latest forecast for gas and coal exports show no sign of any shift away from fossil fuels
March 2023
Ignore the fears from the gas industry, Australia has more than enough gas
Once again the gas industry is crying wolf and telling us we need more gas to prevent shortages. But if you read beyond the scare quotes today’s report from Australia’s Energy Market Operator report shows we already have more than enough gas.
December 2022
Rising transport emissions show the need to end subsidies for high-emitting SUVs and utes
The latest emissions projections reveal that emissions from SUVs will cancel out the reductions that occur due to electric vehicles
November 2022
Australia has the power to guide the world’s transition away from fossil fuels
In the drive to electrifty everything, Australia is positioned to be a world power
..October 2022
The Budget reveals the failure of the PRRT
Right now the gas industry is booming, but the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax is not.
Australia’s tax system is failing to deliver the benefits of the gas boom
Norway shows how Australia can get a fair return from oil and gas
Australia’s and Norway’s economies both have massively profitable resource industries, but Norwegians receive a much larger and fairer share
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Off the Charts is curated by Greg Jericho, Chief Economist at the Australia Institute and the Centre for Future Work.
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