“Never let a good crisis go to waste”. Albo and Jim Chalmers have a unique opportunity right now to fix the Budget and reshape Australia by taxing the foreign gas exporters properly. A big majority in Parliament – a 25% gas export tax is a no-brainer for $10B a year.
Standing in their way is a powerful gas lobby which lies and bribes hard .. and the fossil media.
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.
