Australian Greens renew push for gas export tax to fund renewable energy transition
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Summary
Senator Steph Hodgins-May reflects on the Australian Greens' decade-long campaign to tax gas exports, arguing that massive polluters and corporations have been given Australian resources for free while ordinary people bear the costs. She reiterates the party's position that Australia should rapidly transition to renewable energy, and that the gas industry should pay its fair share to fund that transition if it continues to operate in the country.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledA decade ago, the Greens were calling for a tax on gas exports.
We could see what was happening: massive polluters and multibillion dollar corporations were being handed Australian resources for free while ordinary people paid the price.
Australia should be moving rapidly to renewable energy. And if the gas industry is going to operate here in the meantime, the least it can do is pay its fair share.
That means contributing to the transition to clean energy that will eventually replace gas whether the industry likes it or not.
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