Glenn Connley

April 24, 2026

INPEX still toying with its Aussie plaything

With INPEX now appearing before the Senate Committee, this seems like relevant content from last year:…

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A stretch from Stutch – don’t tax gas because of … Gina Rinehart!

The AFR under the former editor Michael Stutchbury very much disliked The Australia Institute. So, I’m not surprised he thinks the idea…

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Making a fortune from war

I forgot when Woodside was on to have a check of how their share price has gone since the start of the…

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Is INPEX threatening to pull the plug on Darwin if there’s a gas export tax?

Under the heading “We provide energy security to Australia and Japan”, the INPEX submission has this: INPEX continues to provide emergency domestic…

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Gas prices and cost of living

Senator Fatima Payman just asked “Why are Australians struggling with a cost of living crisis while gas companies are making billions out…

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Japanese government collects more tax from Australian gas than Australian government

New Australia Institute research published today shows that the Japanese Government makes more revenue taxing its imports of Australian gas than the Australian Government makes…

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INPEX makes so much money. And pays so little tax.

INPEX is up next. INPEX is a wholly Japanese owned company and part owned by the Japanese government. It has never paid…

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Australia’s gas industry is all about exports … oh, and making billions for foreign companies

A couple years ago Matt Grudnoff and I appeared at another Senate committee which also had Samantha McCulloch appearing. She told the Senate…

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Senator Fatima Payman v Chevron

Senator Payman: Does Chevron accept that Norway and Qatar have been able to generate revenue that Australia has not? Chevron: Waffle and…

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Call the fire brigade. The AEP chief’s pants may soon be on fire.

AEP’s CEO is suggesting that our social media posts contain lies, and that their adverts are just “an education campaign”. Our social…

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