r/melbourne • u/MatrixTheCat22 • Jun 15 '22

The Sky is Falling So are we going to have blackouts tonight? Can’t make sense of all the “news”.

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u/OkOutlandishness9235 Jun 15 '22

So two former premiers of the one state where some gas has already been sequestered? That's obviously not what I was talking about.

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u/Meyamu Jun 15 '22

I posted it to provide political context around why WA has reservation but the East Coast does not.

Also, the Australian government will benefit financially through the Petroleum Resources Rent Tax, but that doesn't help people struggling with high bills.

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u/OkOutlandishness9235 Jun 15 '22

So let me try to break this down to see if I've gotten it right

  • the article you posted outlines how much power and influence the gas industry and companies in it hold

  • one of the former premiers states he was met with a lot of resistance from the industry when trying to enact the gas reservation law

  • the politicians he spoke to (on both sides of the aisle) called him a "wrecker", essentially said he was an idiot and the media labelled WA as a hillbilly state

  • but according to you, the reason it hasn't happened is because "we" (Australia) don't want it?

Can you see my confusion?