Mark Ogge
Mark Ogge is widely published on climate and energy issues, specialising in the gas industry and the impacts of climate change, particularly the effects of heat and heatwaves. He is Principal Advisor at The Australia Institute.
ACOSS backs gas export tax as momentum builds across parliament
Australia’s peak council for community services ACOSS has joined the torrent of support including the Greens and independent members of parliament for a 25% levy on gas exports, originally proposed by the ACTU.
Leading economists throw their support behind taxing the gas industry more
In the lead up to the Australian Budget, reporting in the AFR shows leading Australian economists including former Deloitte partner Chris Richardson and former head of the ACCC Rod Simms have called for big increases in tax on the gas industry in the light of rising gas prices caused by the Iran war.
Why Labor and the Coalition fear David Pocock’s gas inquiry
Last week, Senator David Pocock proposed a Senate inquiry into the “extraordinarily low rates of revenue Australians receive from the export of our gas resources.”
Make polluters pay: Why Australia needs a climate disaster levy
Whether we realise it or not, everyday Australians are already paying for the damage fossil fuel companies are causing to our climate through more frequent and extreme fires, floods, heatwaves and other disasters.
Factcheck: Does Australia have a gas shortage? No, we have more gas than ever
For the last decade, Australians have been continually told by the gas industry, media commentators and politicians we have a gas shortage. These claims are almost always used to pressure Australian governments to approve open new gas fields on the basis that the gas is needed to supply Australians and reduce gas prices.
Even leftover gas is exported: there's never been a gas shortage in Australia
The Australian Government lets foreign owned gas companies export vast amounts of gas above and beyond what they need to fulfil their export contracts, while leaving Australians short.
Why Australia taxes beer more effectively than its gas exports
Far from fixing the problem of low PRRT revenues, PRRT revenue is expected to fall further over coming years, while beer excise just keeps on rising.
Labor’s COP30 fossil fuel phase-out doublespeak
You could be forgiven for thinking Australia’s support last week for the COP30 declaration on a “transition away from fossil fuels”, means the Australia Government is, or at least intends to transition away from fossil fuels.
Australia Last? Australia’s Resources Minister puts Japan ahead of Australians on gas and electricity prices
Despite our enormous energy reserves, Australian households are paying higher prices for electricity than Japanese consumers according to new analysis released today by the Australia Institute.
What Australia does matters, and nowhere more so than on climate
The Australian Government’s decision to approve Woodside’s NWS export project is a disaster.
