RaymondPierreL3<p>“Australia Institute View: WA and federal governments allowing Woodside to export large amounts of WA’s domestic gas reserves”</p><p>If anyone still needed confirmation that our govts (Federal and States) are complicit in the raping of Australia’s natural resources to line the pockets of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Shareholders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shareholders</span></a> here you have it in spades.</p><p>Let’s all be clear about <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FossilFuelIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuelIndustries</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ExtractiveIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtractiveIndustries</span></a> operating on <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australian</span></a> soil, they Do Not Give A Fuck About Any of Us. This relentless <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corporate</span></a> persuit of profits and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> avoidance schemes while gobling up public funds HAS GOT TO STOP. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AlboPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlboPM</span></a> and his sidekick in Treasury need to 1) divest from those industries 2) grow some balls 3) stop funding <a href="https://aus.social/tags/grifters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grifters</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/leeches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leeches</span></a> and 4) enact legislations even if these cannot be guaranteed to outlive a return to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Noalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Noalition</span></a> govt. FFS, enough with this ‘lasting legacy’ causing small target and Parliamentary conscencus rubbish. Govern Now. That’s why you were returned in May!</p><p>/end_of_rant<br>Read more:<br><a href="https://live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/07/australia-institute-live-mps-fill-canberra-ahead-of-the-first-48th-parliament/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">live.australiainstitute.org.au</span><span class="invisible">/2025/07/australia-institute-live-mps-fill-canberra-ahead-of-the-first-48th-parliament/</span></a></p>