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In the midst of an LNG export boom, why are we getting so little for our gas?

  • Written by Diane Kraal, Senior Lecturer, Business Law and Taxation Dept, Monash Business School, Monash University
In the midst of an LNG export boom, why are we getting so little for our gas?Woodside Petroleum

So worried is the government about the meagre income it is getting from gas during the middle of Australia’s biggest gas export boom that it asked an independent advisor to chair a review and is getting the treasury to run the ruler over his recommendations.

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