After two days of hearings into the Senate Select Committee on the Taxation of Gas Resources, one thing is abundantly clear: this inquiry is not about getting a fair return for Australians, it is about shutting down the gas industry altogether.

Shadow Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Susan McDonald, says hearings this week into the Senate Select Committee on the Taxation of Gas Resources have revealed a coordinated campaign by the Greens and Independents, supported by Labor, to shut down Australia’s gas industry.

Mining doesn’t just support the Australian economy, it is the economy. 
But numerous forces are arrayed against this important industry. Forces who receive foreign donations from sources they refuse to reveal.

The Albanese government must rule-out a preference and government deal with the Greens political party following the release of a new report that shows the minor party’s proposed gas ban will lead to power blackouts in just two years along Australia’s east coast, with the nation’s manufacturing sector set to halt within the decade.

The Federal offshore oil and gas regulator is listing aimlessly in the murky waters of poor regulatory clarity, taxpayer-funded environmental lawfare, and a Government that seems intent on persecuting the oil and gas industry to appease Sydney and Melbourne elites.