Gas Exports

• Mayoritas warga Australia mendukung pengenaan pajak atas keuntungan dari ekspor gas dan perpanjangan pemotongan cukai bahan bakar, menurut jajak pendapat Guardian Essential terbaru, meskipun Anthony Albanese pada hari Rabu menolak pajak baru untuk kontrak ekspor gas yang sudah ada. • Jajak pendapat tersebut juga menemukan bahwa krisis bahan bakar membuat lebih banyak pemilih ingin beralih ke energi terbarukan daripada tetap menggunakan bahan bakar fosil. • Warga Australia juga menyatakan bahwa mereka sudah mulai mengurangi perjalanan, beralih ke transportasi umum, serta mengurangi penggunaan AC dan pemanas ruangan di tengah ketidakpastian bahan bakar global.

Congressman says keeping gas supplies at home could lower costs for Americans amid price hikes sparked by warAmid historic jumps in gas prices triggered by the US-Israeli war on Iran, California congressman Ro Khanna is to introduce legislation on Tuesday that would ban the export of gasoline during price spikes.“The country is crying out for a new energy policy,” said Khanna in an interview with the Guardian, “that doesn’t have us subject to the whims of the profits of big oil companies.” Continue reading...

This blog is now closedAustralia to release nearly 20% of fuel stockpile as Bowen insists country ‘nowhere near’ running outGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJoyce says surge in support for One Nation reflects will of the people, not political jostlingBarnaby Joyce spoke to RN Breakfast this morning about One Nation’s targets in the next federal election.We want to win seats wherever they are. We have no real target against National seats or Liberal seats, but we want to give people the option to vote for us in Labor seats, in National seats, and Liberal seats, and in teal seats.If people choose to vote for One Nation, then you must respect that choice. You must understand. You do not own their vote. You earn their vote. Continue reading...