by Max Ormond With energy costs going through the roof,  the Albanese Labor government is trying to allay working people’s worry about the outrageous prices they have to pay for electricity and gas. Labor now, with the support of the Greens, propose to cap gas at $12 a gigajoule and coal at $125 a tonne. The $12 gas cap is …

by Bevan Ramsden The major exporter of Australia’s natural gas is Woodside Petroleum Ltd which is 64%  owned by United States investors. They effectively control what percentage of Australia’s natural gas goes to the domestic market and what percentage is exported. Three quarters of Australia’s natural gas is exported yet the new government is predicting a natural gas shortage with …