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Ed Husic say next budget should have 25% tax on gas exports after companies given ‘obscenely sweet deal’ for too long
Labor MP Ed Husic said the government should impose a 25% tax on gas exports as part of the upcoming budget, adding big energy companies had had a “sweet deal” for much too long.
People think that a lot of these multinational gas companies have had an obscenely sweet deal for way too long and the country has been the poorer for it. And the idea that we would get a better deal on our gas is uniting people across the political spectrum …
If it doesn’t happen in this budget, it’s not a lost opportunity, it’s a missed one.
Average Australians are right when they say, we’ve got so much of this resource and yet we’re being told we’re running out. We’re not. We just export so much of it.
We’re calling for a de-escalation along with the rest of the world and along with the United States seeking a negotiated outcome. We want to see the strait open, we want to see oil flow and we want to see relief for Australians at the bowser.
