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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Dan Jervis-Bardy and Krishani Dhanji

Labor under internal pressure on gas tax as influencer says government ‘stopped working for the punters’

The Albanese government is facing internal pressure to raise taxes on gas companies as a prominent social media influencer warns Labor not to underestimate the scale of public outrage about the existing regime.

Labor’s environment action network (Lean) used evidence to a parliamentary inquiry into the tax settings for the gas sector to encourage the government to consider a “very substantial tax” on windfall profits.

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