Murdoch’s Tax Whinge, Exxon’s Gas Heist and Labor’s Budget Panic | The West Report

Check it out: https://taxdata.michaelwest.com.au/data_analytics Australia’s media has gone into full budget meltdown mode, with screaming front pages about death taxes, trust limbo and Labor betrayal. But while the Murdoch press and the Financial Review howl about modest tax changes, the low-hanging fruit is sitting somewhere else entirely, multinational gas giants making billions from Australian resources while paying a fraction back to the public. Michael West looks at the latest ExxonMobil Australia accounts, the numbers the gas lobby does not want discussed, and why the real budget scandal is not small business trust changes, it is the continuing failure to properly tax the companies exporting Australia’s gas. #auspol #budget Support us ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/thewestreport Our Journalism https://michaelwest.com.au Merch https://lonelykidsclub.com/collections/michael-west Linktree https://linktr.ee/michaelwestmedia.com.au *some of the assets in the thumbnail were made with AI* ⸻ Chapters 00:00 Budget hysteria hits the papers 01:36 Murdoch’s zero tax record 03:44 ExxonMobil’s $15.8 billion revenue 09:39 The $1 billion dividend

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