Backbencher break ranks with call for gas export tax A backbench Labor MP has urged his parliamentary colleagues to impose a new tax on gas exports despite opposition from the sector.

"Other countries in the region are very happy with the current arrangements, because they're making more money out of Australian gas than the Australian people are... it's time for Australians to get a fair share of the resources they own." Adam Bandt #auspol au.finance.yahoo.com/news/backben...

"We urge the inquiry to look at how Australia can learn from the PRRT and make any new regime tighter and less able to be gamed by the gas companies." Annika Reynolds #auspol

"Go the Dockers! But they shouldn't be sponsored by Woodside." #auspol

ACF's Annika Reynolds responds to a question at the Senate inquiry into a gas exports tax. #auspol

"Australia is one of the top three fossil fuel producers in the world... It does matter where it is burnt, it hurts Australians." Adam Bandt #auspol

"A better life is possible if we tax big gas greed. Imagine this: free public transport forever. By making big gas corporations pay their fair share, we could provide real and meaningful cost of living relief to everyone." Adam Bandt #auspol

"Figures revealed today by the Insurance Council of Australia show extreme weather cost $5bn in insured losses in 2025, up 700% on the previous year. The gas corporations are making huge profits by smashing our summers... then leaving us to pay for the damage." Adam Bandt #auspol

"When a nurse pays more tax than a multinational gas corporation, something is deeply wrong. The system is unfair. The gas tax meant to tax their superprofits (the PRRT) is clearly broken." #auspol

"Big gas greed is ruining this country. Big gas corporations have too much power and don’t pay enough tax. Sometimes they don’t even pay tax at all." Adam Bandt #auspol

Senate Select Committee on the Taxation of Gas Resources | 21/04/2026 YouTube video by Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal

ACF's Adam Bandt and Annika Reynolds will be on shortly at the gas tax inquiry. #auspol

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Adelaide University considers dropping Santos name - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia Adelaide University is considering renaming a key city campus building as pressure mounts from protesters in town for Santos' AGM.

Adelaide University is considering re-naming the Santos Petroleum Engineering Building. 👏 www.indailysa.com.au/news/in-dept...

Santos calls for oil drilling support as protestors crash Adelaide AGM - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia While protestors gathered at the Santos AGM its CEO called for policymakers to support major Australian oil and gas projects.

“Three quarters of South Australians want corporations like Santos to start paying for the damage that they’re doing. A good start would be putting a 25% tax on gas exports... [to fund] real cost-of-living relief and start cleaning up the environmental damage.” www.indailysa.com.au/news/busines...

Santos should pay for the damage it causes: poll As gas giant Santos holds its annual general meeting in Adelaide, new polling shows nearly three in four South Australians believe gas companies should be…

As gas giant Santos holds its annual general meeting in Adelaide, new polling shows nearly three in four South Australians believe gas companies should be made to pay for environmental damage they cause. www.acf.org.au/news/santos-...

Oil refinery blaze another reminder that Australia needs to get off… This terrible oil refinery fire, which is now spewing toxic smoke into Geelong and surrounds, is another reminder that fossil fuels are risky, polluting…

This terrible oil refinery fire, which is now spewing toxic smoke into Geelong and surrounds, is another reminder that fossil fuels are risky, polluting and dangerous. www.acf.org.au/news/oil-ref...

Ignore ‘self-serving’ claims from gas giants and implement 100% tax on windfall profits, Ken Henry says Former Treasury secretary says the tax rate is ‘socially optimal’ in submission to a new parliamentary inquiry

Ignore ‘self-serving’ claims from gas giants and implement 100% tax on windfall profits, Ken Henry says. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Sydney summers are now hotter and nearly 50 days longer, study finds For every 10 years since 1990, Sydneysiders have experienced an extra 15 days of summer, new research has found.

Here's another story on the same report. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

Endless summer: How the hottest season gained 49 days in 33 years By 2023, Sydney’s warmest season lasted 125 days – up from 76 days in 1990. Within a few decades, it could stretch for half the year.

Scientists have measured the length of summer – defined by climate rather than dates – and found it is expanding by six days every decade globally. #climatechange @caitlinfitzsimmons.bsky.social www.smh.com.au/environment/...

‘Non-survivable’: heatwaves are already breaching human limits, with worse to come, study finds Analysis of six extreme heatwaves found when temperature and humidity were accounted for, all were potentially deadly for older people

Extreme heat is creating ‘non-survivable’ conditions for humans, according to new research that warns people are more susceptible to rising temperatures than previously thought. #climatechange #auspol @readfearn.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Headline should read: Queensland premier calls for fast-track of oil projects amid climate crisis. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

World held hostage by reliance on fossil fuels, Christiana Figueres warns – and climate health impacts are ‘mother of all injustices’ Former UN climate chief to co-chair Lancet Commission examining how sea-level rise is reshaping health, wellbeing and inequality

The world is being held hostage by its reliance on fossil fuels, Christiana Figueres warns – and climate health impacts are the ‘mother of all injustices’. #auspol #climatechange www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

Cyclone-hammered reefs can take many years to recover Coral reefs and their fish populations can take many years to recover after being hammered by severe tropical cyclones, researchers say.

Storm-damaged coral reefs might never have the years required to recover if tropical cyclones become more intense and frequent due to climate change, marine researchers say. thewest.com.au/news/weather...

Farmers are boosting their profits and production – with nature’s help Nature and agriculture are often at odds. But an Australian study suggests farmers who plant more trees are better off – financially and environmentally.

Farmers are boosting their profits and production – with nature’s help. theconversation.com/farmers-are-...

Taxing Big Gas greed: why it makes sense and why Albo must act now By Annika Reynolds

The Albanese govt has the social licence and the numbers to introduce a long-overdue tax on the gas export industry, writes ACF’s National Climate Policy Adviser, Annika Reynolds. #auspol cheekmedia.substack.com/p/taxing-big...

Using AI to speed up Australia’s environmental approvals risks ‘robodebt-style’ failures, scientists say Conservationists say move could push species closer to extinction and clearer environmental rules are needed instead

Conservationists and scientists warn a mining lobby proposal to use AI to speed up environmental approvals could generate ‘Robodebt-style’ failures, putting threatened species at further risk. @readfearn.bsky.social #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Deepwater discoveries: scientists find more than 110 new fish and invertebrate species in the Coral Sea Brittlestars, sea anemones and a catshark among new-to-science species collected during expedition off the Queensland coast

Scientists find more than 110 ‘new’ fish and invertebrate species in the deep waters of the Coral Sea. www.theguardian.com/environment/... #nature #amazing

The latest issue of ACF's magazine Habitat is out now. Read it here: acf.org.au/habitat #nature #climate #auspol

PM Albanese is being urged to set a new tax on gas exports by some of his favourite musicians, including King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Angie McMahon, Lime Cordiale and King Stingray. #auspol www.news.com.au/entertainmen...

New modelling: Coal and gas giants gaming the system New RepuTex modelling, commissioned by the Australian Conservation Foundation and the Climate Council, shows new highly polluting coal and gas projects…

New modelling shows coal and gas giants are gaming the system. With @climatecouncil.org.au #auspol www.acf.org.au/news/new-mod...

Andrew Hastie open to 25% tax on gas profits and says multinationals have ‘had a really good run’ on Australian wealth Exclusive: speaking with the Australian Politics podcast, the Liberal frontbencher says a sovereign wealth fund would set Australians up for generations to come

Good idea! #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘Makes Covid look like a tea party’: Australian food prices could rise for the next year, farmers warn Iran conflict could see shortages not just in fuel, but fertiliser and fossil fuel resins – used to make milk bottles

One solution to the fuel-driven food crisis is buy local. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...