Factcheck
FACTCHECK
David Pocock is right: more tax is raised from beer than from petroleum resource rent tax (PRRT)
Senator David Pocock has produced viral social media content claiming that Australia’s beer tax raises more revenue than the gas industry pays in Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT). Can more public money really come from beer tax than gas tax?
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Fact check: Will restrictions on property investors reduce housing supply and push up rents?
The Australian Property Investor Magazine claims that solving the housing crisis “could rest upon property investors”.
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Fact check: Is Victoria doing worse on energy prices?
Victoria’s Liberal opposition claims that “Victorians are paying more for power under the Allan Labor Government”, in a recent press release.
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Fact check: Do the tax claims of the mining lobby stack up?
Australia’s main mining lobby group, the Minerals Council of Australia, has been running ads that say the mining industry paid $59 billion in tax in 2023-24, and that this is more tax paid than every other industry combined
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Fact check: Is NSW going to have blackouts?
The claim: “Blackout risk: Grid ‘not ready’ for coal plant closures, solar surge”
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Will Labor’s changes make it easier for governments to flout freedom of information laws?
The claim comes from Kerry O’Brien’s speech at the Walkleys, where he criticised the Albanese Government for not living up to the benchmarks they set while in opposition,
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Nicolette Boele is right: we do not have a gas supply problem
The claim: “We do not have a gas supply problem. We have a gas export problem.” That’s from Independent member for Bradfield, Nicolette Boele, who moved a private member’s motion in the House of Representatives on Monday, calling on the Government to restrict gas exports to solve shortages.
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Does the gas industry really support 215,000 jobs?
A new campaign, “Australia runs on natural gas”, uses this figure to argue that Australia needs new gas. But is it true?
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