it got raided by successive governments and the royalties we charge are tiny relative to other nations.
For example: Australian Gas consumers pay more to use natural gas in Australia, than people in Japan, using Australian LNG.
For example: Australian Gas consumers pay more to use natural gas in Australia, than people in Japan, using Australian LNG.
Would it be fair to call that blatant corruption, or could some argument be made that it is not?
In other words, only if you're lying is it corruption. Costs are not like for like, not even close. The gas itself is relatively cheap. The infrastructure and OpEx is not.
...I feel like our governments had the same neoliberal consultants come in.