Fair dinkum! The Prime Minister called us out over a gas tax

Australia could raise around $17 billion a year with a 25% gas export tax – enough to put dental in Medicare or fund free childcare – but the government is choosing not to. On this episode of Dollars & Sense, Greg and Angus discuss why Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the Australia Institute needs to get “fair dinkum” about gas exports, the post-budget meme-wars over capital gains tax, and the “death tax” scare campaign. This discussion was recorded on Thursday 21 May 2026. Visit The Point (https://thepoint.com.au/) for research, analysis, explainers and factchecks from experts at the Australia Institute and beyond. Host: Greg Jericho, Chief Economist, the Australia Institute // @grogsgamut (https://bsky.app/profile/grogsgamut.b...) Host: Angus Blackman, Executive Producer, Podcasts, the Australia Institute // @AngusRB (https://bsky.app/profile/angusrb.bsky...) Show notes: Death, taxes and scare campaigns: here’s the truth about Labor’s budget changes (https://www.theguardian.com/business/...) by Greg Jericho, Guardian Australia (May 2026) Keating backs CGT reforms, says Howard changes made house prices "blast off" (https://thepoint.com.au/news/260521-k...) by Greg Jericho, The Point (May 2026) Government CGT Changes – Structurally Sound (https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/2605...) , statement by former Prime Minister Paul Keating (May 2026) Conservative newspapers are stoking fears CGT changes will hurt young Australians — despite very few being affected (https://thepoint.com.au/off-the-chart...) by Greg Jericho, The Point (May 2026) The case for a gas export tax, explained (https://thepoint.com.au/explainers/26...) by Richard Denniss, The Point (May 2026) Australia's Gas Giveaway (https://gas.australiainstitute.org.au/) , the Australia Institute Richard Denniss responds to Anthony Albanese (https://bsky.app/profile/australiains...) , the Australia Institute on BlueSky (May 2026) Theme music: Blue Dot Sessions We’d love to hear your feedback on this series, so send in your questions, comments or suggestions for future episodes to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) . Subscribe to Dollars & Sense on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast...) , Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/5FWzwVK...) , Pocket Casts (https://pocketcasts.com/podcast/dolla...)  or wherever you get your favourite podcasts. Support the research powerful interests fear: https://theaus.in/430U1Rv See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.