Japanese and Korean public companies are investing billions into expanding Australian gas exports – all the while, climate pollution increases and domestic gas market prices soar, raising our power bills. 📢 Tweet the PM to fix the problem at its root: No more new gas!
Tweet Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and demand his government stop approving new gas – a dangerous fossil fuel that drives more extreme and more frequent fires and floods.
Send the pre-written message, or craft your own with the help of these key talking points:
- Gas expansion is fuelling increased climate pollution
$20.5 billion in Japanese and Korean public investment has been poured into Australian gas from 2008 to 2024 driving new gas export projects, like Woodside’s Scarborough gas export project. Scarborough’s lifetime climate impact is about the same as every flight in the world for a calendar year! - Australian gas is derailing Asia's renewables transition
Japanese and Korean companies are mostly re-selling Australian gas to Southeast Asia, deepening the region’s fossil fuel reliance and derailing its renewables transition. Over 99% of the region’s wind and solar potential remains untapped. - Australia doesn't need new gas
80% of Australian gas is exported and Japanese buyers have so much gas they are re-exporting to other Asian countries for massive profits. Existing gas projects to 2035 can power Australia for another 64 years. - New gas is about corporate profits
Last year alone, Japanese companies resold up to $14 billion of Australian gas with profits likely exceeding $1 billion. - Rising gas prices = rising power bills
Australian households are facing rising power bills. Why? In Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney and Victoria gas market prices have tripled since 2011! It’s no coincidence – since LNG exports began, Australia’s domestic gas prices have tripled.
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It's been revealed that $20.5 billion in Japanese and Korean public investment has fuelled the expansion of Australian gas exports from 2008 to 2024.
These overseas funds are driving new gas export projects, like Woodside’s Scarborough gas export project. Scarborough’s lifetime climate impact is about the same as every flight in the world for a calendar year!
Around 80% of Australian gas is exported, but what happens after export? Well, last year alone, Japanese companies resold up to $14 billion of Australian gas with profits likely exceeding $1 billion.
Meanwhile, gas market prices in Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney and Victoria have tripled since 2011, spiking Australians power bills.
Quite simply, new gas is a lose-lose for the climate and our wallets. And here’s the kicker: we don’t even need it. Existing gas projects to 2035 can power Australia for another 64 years. New gas is all about corporate profits.
The Australian Government has a simple way to fix this: commit to no new gas!
Tweet the PM and tell him to step up and act.