25/05/2026
“Under the policy Hanson has put her name to, it would take at minimum, all things going right, 10 years before the gas industry began paying anything to Australians. Which is why it has not kicked up a fuss – not only does it know that the policy will never actually result in it paying anything of substance (and the failed PRRT is proof of that), it derails the push to make the gas industry pay something now” writes Amy Remeikis, Chief Political Analyst at the Australia Institute.
“Hanson is being handled very delicately by Joyce and the gas industry because she’s maybe the most powerful she has ever been – able to harness popular support for ideas that seem in the national interest, but actually serve industry.”
“What Hanson has done, though, is show once and for all that the only people who think the status quo is the way forward, are the Labor and Liberal parties. The gas industry knows that, so it is supporting the circuit breaker, which makes it seem like something is being done, without anything having to materially change.”
Read the full piece on The Point: https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260525-why-the-industry-loves-hansons-gas-policy-and-labor-wont
