WA warns Albanese over potential gas market intervention

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Any move to impose a “Russian war profits levy” would damage WA and Qld royalties, creating a fresh headache for federal Labor.

Western Australia’s Labor government has fired a warning shot at the Albanese government over potential plans toEven though several key government decision-makers will be overseas next week including the prime minister, energy minister and resources minister, speculation continues that a sub-cabinet group is working on a series of options. They include price caps and what some have dubbed a kind of “Russian-invasion profit levy”.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, speaking just before departing for 10 days of meetings across Asia, said the government would “land on a solution going forward prior to Christmas”, even as he continued to insist that “all sensible measures remain on the table”., telling the ABC’s Sabra Lane that “our preference is not that”.

Greens leader Adam Bandt claimed credit on Friday for pushing Labor towards imposing a tax on coal and gas companies.Mr Bandt said he wrote to Mr Albanese this week and urged the government to adopt a Greens plan that the Parliamentary Budget Office estimates would raise an extra $25 billion in revenue. That money “could be used to help households and businesses get off gas”.

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WA - not connected to east coast gas pipelines. Who already have reservation, don’t need to be levied for what is essentially Santos, Origin and AGL problem.

McGowan and Palazschuk must share royalty State 5% then super profit 10%

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Australian resources belong to all Australians, states should not be taxing in ground resources. It must be a federal tax shared to all states and territories. AlboMP SenKatyG JEChalmers SkyNewsAust abcnews

“These greedy coal and gas giants are the vampires of the 21st century, sucking the life out of our economy while killing the planet and its people,” Mr Bandt said. Without gas, oil and coal, we'd all be dead.

Elbow will back off as he is spineless

Those resources belong to all Australians.

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