Research // Louise Morris

ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA

April 2026

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

Australia’s gas exporters pay little tax and royalties, employ few people, push up gas and electricity prices for Australian families and businesses, and worsen the climate crisis. If the Albanese government again delays major reform to the taxation of Australia’s gas export industry, these costs to Australian taxpayers will continue to mount. Refusing to tax

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