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Gas lobby ad found misleading for 'cleaner' claims

Australia's peak oil and gas lobby has modified its latest ad campaign after its claim gas was "cleaner" breached industry standards.

AAP · Jul 21, 2023

Consumer watchdog urged to investigate ‘misleading’ Australian oil and gas industry PR campaign

Climate campaigners complain to ACCC over Appea ad that claimed gas was ‘50% cleaner’ than coal

The Guardian - AU · Jul 20, 2023

Australian sea dumping law changes condemned amid warnings of gas industry expansion

Greens and environmentalists say legislation introduced to parliament by Tanya Plibersek could facilitate new fossil fuel projects

The Guardian - AU · Jun 29, 2023

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Do the fossil fuel industry’s claims of Australia’s gas-fired future stack up?

Appea’s assertion that gas is indispensable is ludicrous when it’s renewables that are replacing coal

The Guardian - AU · Jun 8, 2023

How the Australian gas industry’s audacious net zero claims stack up – explainer

Peter Dutton recently told fossil fuel executives ‘the road to net zero emissions … is one we can only travel with gas’

The Guardian - AU · May 21, 2023

South Australia rushes through anti-protest laws as activists rally outside oil and gas conference

Climate activists face large penalties and three-month jail terms in bipartisan move which appears to have been hashed out on talkback radio

The Guardian - AU · May 18, 2023

The gas industry should be transparent about its future. So should MPs and the media

An industry conference this week is talking up gas expansion as a key to solving the climate crisis, but the reality is gas power is undeniably in decline

The Guardian - AU · May 18, 2023

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South Australia tells gas industry the state is ‘at your disposal’

SA energy minister tells industry ‘we are here to help’ while federal resources minister Madeleine King promotes carbon capture and storage

The Guardian - AU · May 16, 2023

$Promise of Beetaloo Basin fracking jobs prompts mixed views from NT's Aboriginal people$

Promise of Beetaloo Basin fracking jobs prompts mixed views from NT's Aboriginal people

The gas industry's promise of fracking-related jobs in the Beetaloo Basin leaves some Aboriginal Territorians feeling hopeful and others suspicious.

ABC News · May 16, 2023

Do the PRRT changes in the budget go far enough to fix a 'broken' Petroleum Resource Rent Tax?

Economists and energy experts say the government is short-changing Australians with planned changes to the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax that will only raise an additional $2.4 billion over five years.

ABC News · May 10, 2023

Michael Pascoe: Hiding in plain sight, Labor commits to further big fossil fuel projects

The Albanese/Chalmers government went ever so gently with the gas industry because it hopes for more big new fossil fuel extraction projects.

The New Daily · May 8, 2023

The gas industry is being hit with jacked-up taxes. What's changing?

Tuesday's federal budget will include changes to a key tax levied on gas exporters, aimed at bringing billions in additional revenue to the budget over the next few years. But some say it still falls too far short.

ABC News · May 8, 2023

Tax shield on super gas profits leaves Australians looking like 'chumps', economist says

It was once described as world-leading, but calls are growing louder for changes to Australia's super gas profits tax amid claims it is collecting "beer nuts".

ABC News · Apr 25, 2023

Tax from gas industry forecast to double as industry pushes back on calls for tax changes

Economists say gas producers have got off too easy for too long when it comes to tax but the industry itself is fighting to stave off change.

ABC News · Apr 20, 2023

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ABC News · Mar 20, 2023

Report warned Indigenous communities may struggle to benefit from fracking in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin

An unpublished report commissioned by the federal government has cast doubt on the fracking industry's promise of jobs and economic benefits for Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.

AAP · Feb 8, 2023

Gas industry warns code will stoke prices, limit supply

The gas industry has hit back at federal intervention in the wholesale gas market as the worst possible reforms at the worst possible time.

ABC News · Feb 7, 2023

Gas producers accused of bullying and price gouging, despite federal government intervention to cap prices

Two months after the federal government introduced price controls on gas, manufacturers are still struggling to get a fair deal — and the costs are being passed onto consumers.

The Guardian - AU · Dec 14, 2022

Gas industry attempts to block price caps on fossil fuels shrugged off by Australian government

Crossbenchers express surprise at lack of direct lobbying from resource companies who may have been blindsided by ‘reasonable pricing’ test

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ABC News · Dec 11, 2022

Energy relief bill to face contest in parliament, Albanese confident it will be passed

Anthony Albanese is "very confident" his government's energy relief package will pass parliament with the support of all major parties on Thursday, despite the Greens flagging they will oppose sections of the bill.

The Guardian - AU · Dec 11, 2022

Senator says plan ‘a Band-Aid on a festering wound’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 11, 2022

Labor takes aim at gas industry over trying to preserve ‘big profits’ during Ukraine war

In defence of energy price caps, minister Chris Bowen says Australians should pay a fair cost for gas extracted in Australia rather than a ‘wartime price’

ABC News · Dec 9, 2022

Coal and gas price caps and whether they'll lower your energy bills explained

Federal and state leaders thrashed out a plan to shield consumers from the worst of the energy price crisis this week, but what's in the deal and how well will it work?

The New Daily · Nov 7, 2022

Coal and gas bosses air concerns over Queensland environmental law changes

Queensland coal and gas producers say notifying the public every time an approved project was changed would be costly and could cause delays.

AAP · Nov 7, 2022

Qld changes concern coal, gas producers

Changes to Queensland's environmental laws have been criticised by gas and coal producers as a costly imposition of more "green tape".

ABC News · Oct 20, 2022

Greens threaten to withhold Senate support over $1.5 billion Darwin industrial hub budget commitment

Labor confirms the $1.5 billion for the project will be in its budget, but the Greens say they could withhold Senate support if it's not dropped.

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