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In response to Environment: A hotter Middle East, a warming Arctic and heatwaves that won't ret

Gas companies are ripping us off

Thank you to Peter Sainsbury for shining a light on Australia’s LNG exporters, who are reaping windfall profits from conflict in the Middle East. Companies such as Santos and Woodside have played a major role in making Australia the second‑largest exporter of climate pollution globally. The resulting climate impacts – intensifying floods, fires and heatwaves – are hitting communities hard, yet the public receives very little benefit from the gas being extracted. Senator David Pocock has revealed that the beer excise brings in more revenue than the petroleum resource rent tax. This is deeply unfair. When the Albanese government curb the power of polluting, profiteering gas companies and ensure everyday Australians get a fair go?

https://www.afr.com/companies/energy/australian-gas-producers-reap-windfalls-as-iran-war-chokes-global-supply-20260305-p5o7nl

https://www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/news/new-data-australias-fossil-fuel-exports-places-us-among-worlds-biggest-climate-polluters#:~:text=Breadcrumb,consequencesforpeopleinAustralia.

https://australiainstitute.org.au/report/tax-beer-drinkers-vs-gas-companies/

— Amy Hiller from Melbourne, Victoria