Japan wins, Australian consumers lose. Intense lobbying revealed

While Australian consumers suffer from near-record energy prices, Japan’s multinationals are selling Australian LNG. What is fraud?

Natural gas export fraud is well known, keeping domestic supplies low and prices high. MWM readers; A series of FOIs reveal the extent to which gas company lobbyists’ narratives were reflected in government briefings.

Japanese companies involved in LNG projects in Australia meet privately with Australian cabinet ministers and officials

At least 24 times since the election of the Labor Government in May 2022,

Australian industry associations (think Australian Energy Producers) published more than 350 pro-gas public publications over the same period.

report INPEX outlines how fossil fuel companies, including JERA and Mitsubishi, have helped “shape Australian LNG policy, prices and regional dependency” by ignoring the interests of Australian consumers while paying too little tax.

Commenting on the report, Greens MP for Washington Sophie McNeill said: “Decades of corporate lobbying have sabotaged climate action and delayed the transition to a sustainable, green future both here in Australia and across Asia.”

Inpex tax scams are here:

Inpex and Australia’s gas heist. Billions in revenue, crumbs in taxes