The New Daily readers overwhelmingly support a push by the Greens and crossbench MPs to impose a 25 per cent levy on gas exports.

In a reader poll Wednesday – which received more than 3100 votes – 91 per cent of TND readers said they were in favour of taxing gas exporters.

The TND figures come after polling by the Australia Institute similarly showed most Australians back a flat 25 per cent tax on gas exports.

Australia’s fossil fuel industry is gearing up for a fight over tax as the government mulls changes ahead of its May budget.

The Australia Institute chief economist Greg Jericho explains why the gas lobbyist arguments don’t stack up.

The gas industry is clearly worried that a vast majority of Australians believe there should be a 25 per cent tax on its exports.

After decades of playing Australian governments for fools, the industry deserves to be worried that Australians and politicians across multiple parties have realised that Big Gas is Taking the P–s.

In response to Australia Institute research that shows that, had the Albanese government introduced a 25 per cent tax on gas exports when it came to office in 2022, it would have raised $64 billion in revenue, the gas industry’s lobby group, Australian Energy Producers, has come out with all its old lines.

Its problem is that these lines have never stood up to scrutiny. Even worse, Australians now can see just how pathetically lame they are.

Last Friday, AEP CEO Samantha McCulloch said a 25 per cent tax on gas exports would:........

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