We are on the biggest heist and media/political snowjob in Australia today. Shell’s Australian boss fronted a parliamentary inquiry into gas this week and somehow could not say what revenue her company made or how much Australian gas it exported. Meanwhile, Ken Henry, one of the country’s most respected tax experts, told the same inquiry to “just do it” and “stop the crap” on taxing Australia’s finite natural resources.
The gas lobby has spent years convincing politicians, media and the public that foreign multinationals should keep exporting Australian gas while paying little in the way of income tax and royalties. Now they are making super profits thanks to the US/Israel war on Iran. 
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Chapters:
0:00 – Scam Contenders
00:54 – Shell Boss Fronts Inquiry
01:23 – No Revenue Answers
02:39 – Shell Tax Data
04:29 – Ken Henry Says Stop The Crap
06:46 – Media Ignores Gas Tax
09:02 – Politicians And Gas Lobby
12:14 – Mining Tax Spin
14:25 – Albanese’s $22 Billion Claim
17:43 – Democracy Bought By Gas
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Articles mentioned:
The Minerals Council, coal and the half a billion spent by the resources lobby
Far from free, gas is becoming the ‘risible’ market – all the way to the bank
Fossocracy Australia: government of the people, by the fossil fuel companies for the fossil fuel companies
Worried about agents of foreign influence? Just look at who owns Australia’s biggest companies
Worried about agents of foreign influence? Just look at who owns Australia’s biggest companies
Energy crisis: gas lobby cries wolf at gas export tax
PM cool on gas tax as companies prepare for grilling
Gas exporters face grilling amid 25 per cent levy push
Corporate Tax Transparency Data
https://taxdata.michaelwest.com.au/
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.
