A high-profile\u00a0gas debate could spill across the Adelaide Convention Centre,\u00a0Jim Chalmers has conceded\u00a0on the sidelines of Labor’s national conference.<\/p>\n
The party’s rank and file are pushing for increased gas taxes, endorsed by Greens and independents but largely resisted by Labor’s most senior figures.<\/p>\n
The Treasurer has previously attempted to shift focus to reforming the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax, and Anthony Albanese has resisted the proposal.<\/p>\n
Sky News’ Andrew Clennell asked Mr Chalmers on Thursday whether the gas tax debate would make it to the floor of Mr Albanese’s carefully planned conference.<\/p>\n
Mr Chalmers said: “That remains to be seen”.<\/p>\n
“The words that I’ve seen talk about the appropriate arrangements which recognise we have to balance our international obligations as a reliable supplier,” he said.<\/p>\n
“There are strong views about gas taxes, not just in this room but around the country.<\/p>\n
“I’ve already taken steps on the PRRT. We’re\u00a0working very hard to get the gas reservation scheme in place and we’re working hard to secure our fuel supplies and this is part of those considerations as well.”<\/p>\n
He contended he and the Prime Minister had made it clear “it is not on the government’s agenda”.<\/p>\n
Asked if the tax idea could be revived before the next election, Mr Chalmers said it would not be on the agenda for “the foreseeable future”.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The proposal\u00a0was\u00a0championed by the Australian Council of Trade Unions, which had called for a 25 per cent tax on gas exports.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Independent ACT Senator David Pocock also mounted a national campaign in support of the measure, which was supported by backbench MP Ed Husic.<\/p>\n
Economists estimate\u00a0a 25 pr cent gas export tax could raise between\u00a0$4 billion\u00a0and\u00a0$17 billion\u00a0annually.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ahead of the conference, Assistant Immigration Minister Matt Thistlethwaite rejected suggestions Labor was preparing to introduce a new gas tax.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0a draft proposal. It\u00a0hasn\u2019t\u00a0been adopted yet,\u201d\u00a0Mr\u00a0Thistlethwaite told Sky News earlier this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said the government had already made substantial changes to the taxation of Australia\u2019s natural resources through reforms to the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Albanese government also adopted a 20 per cent gas reservation policy, which was initially proposed by former opposition leader Peter Dutton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister had also publicly ruled out imposing a gas export tax during the 2025 federal election campaign, dismissing the idea as a \u201cpopulist\u201d proposal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe middle of a global fuel crisis is the worst possible time to\u00a0jeopardise\u00a0these partnerships, or the investment that underpins them,\u201d\u00a0Mr\u00a0Albanese said at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A high-profile\u00a0gas debate could spill across the Adelaide Convention Centre,\u00a0Jim Chalmers has conceded\u00a0on the sidelines of Labor’s 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