🇦🇺 Australia 6d ago · Adam Morton

Labor will back fossil fuels in the budget but the gas tax campaign isn’t dead yet

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Labor will back fossil fuels in the budget but the gas tax campaign isn’t dead yet
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Despite popular support for a 25% levy on gas exports, Anthony Albanese opposes it and there is little discussion about how to reduce our usageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWe’re yet to see next month’s Australian federal budget, so mark this column with an asterisk. But barring a late change it is likely it will do a remarkable thing: give fossil fuel industries what they want.That’s worth noting this week, as representatives from 57 national governments including A

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