RaymondPierreL3<p>If federal and State <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> were truly worried about the cost of energy as well as the pace of energy transition funding to meet <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NetZero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetZero</span></a> , there are more effective and timely ways to address these issues than granting extension to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Woodside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Woodside</span></a> ‘s <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gas</span></a> exploitation in an fragile environment,</p><p>1) tax <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FossilFuelExtraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuelExtraction</span></a> industries appropirately (a la Denmark)<br>2) use tax income to fund electrification and renewables (including storage)<br>3) legislate reserve gas for domestic use, price-capped to mitigate <a href="https://aus.social/tags/costofliving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>costofliving</span></a> pressures<br>4) properly support regional areas in local job creation (use that greedy corporate zeal to make some lasting changes in regional Australia).<br> <br>No extension of gas exploitation was required and the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corporate</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/grifters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grifters</span></a> can go an f** themselves.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a></p>