Off the Charts // Environment
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.
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
The decision to scrap the levy on waste exports means more plastics will end up in landfill
Most plastic Australians use already ends up in landfill and the decision to scrap the levy on waste exports will only make things worse
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.
November 2023
The Tasmanian salmon industry’s talk about boosting the economy does not include paying tax
The Tasmanian salmon industry talks a big game about its importance to the economy, but it is rather quiet when it comes to paying tax
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.
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
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.
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
September 2022
The latest emissions figures show just how far Australia has to go
Counting land use might make things look better, but it is a fake picture of Australia’s emissions
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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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