Is Australia missing out on a proper gas tax because the mining lobby scared Labor off before Budget night?
Michael West reports that Labor was looking at winding back diesel fuel rebates for big miners and taxing gas exporters, before both ideas were suddenly junked. An insider told MWM that “We can’t afford another fight with BHP”, echoing the campaign that helped bring down Kevin Rudd in 2010.
BHP is currently suing MWM to muzzle our coverage of wage theft allegations.
BHP Wanted Us Silenced, The Court Said Not So Fast | The West Report
Michael West established Michael West Media in 2016 to focus on journalism of high public interest, particularly the rising power of corporations over democracy. West was formerly a journalist and editor with Fairfax newspapers, a columnist for News Corp and even, once, a stockbroker.
