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The way Australia taxes gas production is stuck in the past – this is why companies aren’t paying their fair share

Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports peaked at just over A$90 billion in 2022-23 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, easing to $65 billion in 2024-25. That placed Australia third in value of LNG exports, behind the United States and Qatar.

The Conversation · Jul 22

View from The Hill: Albanese sensitive on one tax reform that won’t be in the budget

With all the talk about the May 12 budget containing significant tax reform, Anthony Albanese sounded very sensitive when confronted about one big reform his government won’t be making.

The Conversation · May 1

Grattan on Friday: Politically, the baby boomers’ day is done

Politically, it’s a very bad time to be a baby boomer.

The Conversation · Apr 23

Death tax? Property tax? Four ideas that could offset inheritance inequality in Australia

How do we solve the predicted entrenched disparity arising out of the great wealth transfer? We ask economists for their suggestions

The Guardian - AU · Feb 18

‘It matters if you have a parent with an expensive house’: how Australia’s great wealth transfer threatens faith in the fair go

The massive $5.4tn intergenerational asset shift looming over the next two decades is one of the biggest challenges the country faces. What will it mean?

The Guardian - AU · Feb 15

‘Not radical, it’s fair’: Australian households would receive compensation in proposed ‘polluter pays’ levy scheme

Superpower Institute report fleshes out 2024 call from Labor heavyweight Ross Garnaut to re-embrace carbon pricing 12 years after Tony Abbott axed it

The Guardian - AU · Jan 28

Labor to rule out controversial ‘national interest’ exemption for coal and gas if Greens back nature laws

Exclusive: Concession follows fierce criticism of the workaround but may not be enough to convince minor party

The Guardian - AU · Nov 21, 2025

Legal loopholes threaten reef, ex-Treasury boss warns

Closing well-known loopholes that allow widescale clearing of native vegetation is vital if the Great Barrier Reef is to be saved, a policy heavy-hitter warns.

AAP · Nov 11, 2025

Morning Mail: Ken Henry’s nature laws warning, Australia knocked out of Women’s Cricket World Cup, and will interest rates go up?

Former treasury secretary says developers will take advantage of law as it is currently drafted; and is it possible interest rates could rise before they fall again?

The Guardian - AU · Oct 30, 2025

Climate change is a crisis of intergenerational justice. It’s not too late to make it right

Climate change is the biggest issue of our time. 2024 marked both the hottest year on record and the highest levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the past two million years.

The Conversation · Oct 27, 2025