How a gas export tax could transform Australia

A 25% gas export tax would drive down gas prices for Australians and collect billions of dollars that can be used to provide better, cheaper health and education services.

On this episode of Follow the Money, Rod Campbell and Ebony Bennett discuss the case for a 25% gas export tax and the New South Wales government’s ban on new coal mines.

This episode was recorded on Tuesday 24 March.

You can sign the Australia Institute’s petition calling on the federal government to make gas exporters pay their fair share.

Guest: Rod Campbell, Research Director, the Australia Institute // @rodcampbell

Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, the Australia Institute // @ebonybennett

Show notes:

The case for a gas export tax, explained by Richard Denniss, The Point (March 2026)

Tax gas exports, invest in health/aged care – new polls, the Australia Institute (March 2026)

What the Middle East war means for Australians and gas companies, the Australia Institute (March 2026)

'No new coal or gas is a slogan, not a policy': Bowen, ABC Radio National (March 2023)

SUMMER SPECIAL | President Anote Tong, Follow the Money, the Australia Institute (January 2017)

What we owe the water: It's time for a fossil fuel treaty by Kumi Naidoo, Australia Institute Press (February 2026)

Theme music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

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