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Gas Tax Needed To Shield From War Driven Gas Price
Mar 8^th, 2026 at 8:37am

Gas tax needed to shield households from war-driven gas prices
2026-03-07
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Lines attributable to Australian Greens spokesperson for resources, Senator Steph Hodgins-May:

“The last time the world saw a major conflict in 2022, the global price of gas surged to record highs. Sad

“Because our gas system is still rigged in favour of massive exporters, increases in the global market price are also dumped straight onto households back home.

“Australia doesn’t have a gas shortage. We have an export problem.

“We export such enormous volumes of gas that if the government had implemented a 25 per cent export tax when it was first proposed at the end of last year, Australians would already have collected billions in extra revenue.

“With prices likely to surge again due to the illegal war in the Middle East, and with a cost-of-living crisis at home, Labor must act now to cushion the blow.

“A tax on exports would help decouple Australia’s domestic market from volatile global prices.

“A 25 per cent tax is a step towards fair compensation. Gas companies have pillaged Australia’s resources for decades and now stand to make billions more in blood money from war-driven price spikes.

“These corporations salivate at the prospect of global conflict because it lets them gouge prices overseas and here at home.

“It’s Australian households and businesses who will pay the price for decisions made in boardrooms and war rooms from Washington to Canberra.

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Re: Gas Tax Needed To Shield From War Driven Gas Price
Reply #1 - Mar 8^th, 2026 at 1:00pm

whiteknight wrote on Mar 8^th, 2026 at 8:37am:

“These corporations salivate at the prospect of global conflict because it lets them gouge prices overseas and here at home.

Oh, salivate do they? Pretty pictures please.

You do know exports have to arrive? Otherwise they have problems with insurance companies, which you generally can't get when in a war zone. Roll Eyes

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Reply #2 - Mar 8^th, 2026 at 9:02pm

whiteknight wrote on Mar 8^th, 2026 at 8:37am:

Gas tax needed to shield households from war-driven gas prices
2026-03-07
greens.org.au
Lines attributable to Australian Greens spokesperson for resources, Senator Steph Hodgins-May:

“The last time the world saw a major conflict in 2022, the global price of gas surged to record highs. Sad

“Because our gas system is still rigged in favour of massive exporters, increases in the global market price are also dumped straight onto households back home.

“Australia doesn’t have a gas shortage. We have an export problem.

“We export such enormous volumes of gas that if the government had implemented a 25 per cent export tax when it was first proposed at the end of last year, Australians would already have collected billions in extra revenue.

“With prices likely to surge again due to the illegal war in the Middle East, and with a cost-of-living crisis at home, Labor must act now to cushion the blow.

“A tax on exports would help decouple Australia’s domestic market from volatile global prices.

“A 25 per cent tax is a step towards fair compensation. Gas companies have pillaged Australia’s resources for decades and now stand to make billions more in blood money from war-driven price spikes.

“These corporations salivate at the prospect of global conflict because it lets them gouge prices overseas and here at home.

“It’s Australian households and businesses who will pay the price for decisions made in boardrooms and war rooms from Washington to Canberra.

The Greens are morons.

Whatever they say is bound to be an idiotic/toxic lie/misunderstanding/stupidity.

They are good at that, nothing else.

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Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 89959 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: Gas Tax Needed To Shield From War Driven Gas Price Reply #3 - Mar 9^th, 2026 at 11:19pm Take back our resources, create a sovereign fund for all citizens, re-develop manufacturing and prosperity, infrastructure the country with real things and not social science fantasy castles everywhere, and sell to the world on our terms. How many times must I go over it for you all?
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Re: Gas Tax Needed To Shield From War Driven Gas Price
Reply #4 - Yesterday at 8:10am

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Mar 9^th, 2026 at 11:19pm:

Take back our resources, create a sovereign fund for all citizens, re-develop manufacturing and prosperity, infrastructure the country with real things and not social science fantasy castles everywhere, and sell to the world on our terms.

How many times must I go over it for you all?

This.

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Ai_Took_Our_Jobs Senior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 359 Gender:	Re: Gas Tax Needed To Shield From War Driven Gas Price Reply #5 - Yesterday at 12:53pm Corporate colonisation. ... take resources and pay next to nothing for it. Whoever the politician who signed over / sold out the country, charge them with treason. Time for nationalising the resource sector. Take it all back.
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Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 89959 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: Gas Tax Needed To Shield From War Driven Gas Price Reply #6 - Yesterday at 5:09pm 'panic buying' - Bullshit - there's only so much you can fit in a car etc.
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Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 89959 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: Gas Tax Needed To Shield From War Driven Gas Price Reply #7 - Yesterday at 5:09pm Ai_Took_Our_Jobs wrote Yesterday at 12:53pm: Corporate colonisation. ... take resources and pay next to nothing for it. Whoever the politician who signed over / sold out the country, charge them with treason. Time for nationalising the resource sector. Take it all back. You're on the mark.
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