Climate
Hail Creek coal expansion: Australia’s ‘carbon bomb’ threatens koalas and climate
The Federal Government is facing calls to intervene and stop the expansion of a central Queensland coal mine that environmental groups have labeled a “carbon bomb”.
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.
If the NDIS is ‘runaway spending’, what do we call $16 billion in fossil fuel subsidies?
New research shows fossil fuel subsidies will reach $16.3 billion in 2025–26, rising faster than the NDIS. Handouts to mining giants are growing faster than support for Australians with disability.
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.
Ed Husic calls out gas industry’s “glut of greed”
A sharp rebuke of Australia’s gas industry was delivered in Parliament overnight, as Labor MP for Chifley, Ed Husic, accused major exporters of putting profits ahead of the public interest and called for a stronger national approach to managing the country’s gas resources.
Make it make sense: Pay to see the Twelve Apostles, but gas companies drill for gas and dump right beside them tax free?
Visitors to the Twelve Apostles along Victoria’s Great Ocean Road will soon be asked to pay an entry fee, with the Vic State Government arguing it’s ‘only fair’ that visitors contribute to maintaining one of Australia’s most visited natural landmarks.
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.
Tasmanian Greens push to permanently ban fracking as state moratorium nears end
A permanent ban on fracking is back on the agenda in Tasmania with the Tasmanian Greens planning to introduce a bill to ban the harmful practice in the opening days of parliament.
Japan’s rise as an LNG trader driven by resale of cheap Australian gas, reigniting calls for gas export tax
New analysis shows Japan is emerging as a major player in global gas trading, despite producing no liquefied natural gas of its own – and it’s all thanks to Australia.
