Why a gas tax is going viral
4/26/202616 min
A video posted by Senator David Pocock has gone viral, leaving some viewers asking why the gas giants aren’t paying more for the resources they extract in Australia.
The video reveals the government receives more money from a tax on beer than from the tax on the profits of massive oil and gas projects. But is that the whole story?
Today, the ABC’s chief digital political correspondent Clare Armstrong on the growing campaign for a new gas tax and what to make of the push back from the industry.
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It's like the butterfly effect.
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Someone we meet, a phone call, a flyer on a notice board.
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[upbeat music] It was a video that went viral and left viewers outraged. In it, it's revealed the government receives more money from a tax on beer than from the tax on the profits of massive oil and gas projects. Today, the ABC's chief digital political correspondent, Claire Armstrong, on the growing campaign for a new gas tax. I'm Sam Hawley on Gadigal land in Sydney. This is ABC News Daily.
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