Why do other resource-rich countries collect so much more revenue from oil & gas than Australia?

'Unfortunately, our elected representatives have been far too easily influenced & manipulated by foreign-owned multinational resource companies,'
explains Mark Ogge on 6PR. #auspol

As Australia’s rapid renewable energy rollout continues, so do debates on land use.

We need land for solar panels, wind farms, batteries, pumped hydro, transmission lines and so on – but the amount is surprisingly small, writes Andrew Blakers (ANU Media). theconversation.com/no-threat-to-f…

Akshat Rathi Saul Griffith Indeed. ~40% of all cargo carried by international shipping is fossil fuels: coal, oil, and, increasingly, LNG. Shipping consumes ~5% of global oil consumption & emits ~1.05 billion tons CO2/y. So 2% of all global oil consumption is used for international shipping of fossil…

At last, some sense in the debate about a Future Made in Australia bit.ly/3QjYvg4 #ausecon #ausbiz #auspol

Can we...just accept that we suck at this?

I want to tell you a story that has made me kinda hopeless about Twitter's ability to affect positive things happening, and it starts with this tweet from Hillary Clinton.

twitter.com/HillaryClinton…

the coalition has all but abandoned the paris agreement.

its nuclear plan would see all targets missed.

higher costs, higher emissions… and a resulting supply shortfall leading to blackouts.

the longest political suicide note in history.

theage.com.au/politics/feder…

Absolutely disgraceful that the NT gov will subsidise uneconomic Beetaloo Basin gas fracking.

Shocking, but not without precedent...thread. Australia Institute
abc.net.au/news/2024-04-2…

Reading some of the media coverage you get the impression that EV sales are down.

See the pattern?

Source International Energy Agency iea.org/reports/global…

The NT has massive obligations to be the foundation customer for the $800m Northern Gas pipeline paying Singapore and China tariffs that are at nose-bleed levels to transport gas it doesn’t have to supply a contract with Incitec that it cannot fulfil

michaelwest.com.au/northern-gas-p…