Senate debates

Monday, 22 June 2026

Matters of Urgency

Gas Industry: Taxation

3:41 pm

Photo of Steph Hodgins-MaySteph Hodgins-May (Victoria, Australian Greens) | Hansard source

I withdraw. Buggers. Revoke their sponsored parliamentary passes. Publish the ministerial diaries. Let Australians see who's really calling the shots in this place.

Today, Labor and the other corporate parties have a choice. Do they stand with the Australians demanding a fair share and a fair return for publicly owned resources, or do they keep taking orders from mates in the gas lobby? If Labor won't tell Australians who's influencing them, maybe they should save everyone the trouble and wear the logos of their gas industry sponsors around Parliament House. The Fremantle Dockers wear Woodside's logos, so why doesn't Labor? Honestly, wear the logos. Tell the Australian people who you're working for because it's sure as hell not us. People are outraged. We demand a ban on gas lobbyists in this place and their dirty influence because Australians deserve a tax on our gas exports and they deserve to reap the benefits of our resources and the sale of those.

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