# Weekend Edition: Taxing time for the gas industry

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Podcast: [NAB Morning Call](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nab-morning-call-427359)
Published: 2026-07-17T05:00:00+00:00
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Friday 17th July 2026 Please note this communication is not a research report and has not been prepared by NAB Research analysts. Read the full disclaimer here . The petroleum resource rent tax has been around since 1988. It was introduced by the Hawke government as a way to tax the super-profits from petroleum and gas companies extracting offshore resources, without reducing the incentive for new investments. There have been many tweaks to the system over the years, some following the Callaghan Review, commissioned by Scott Morrison in 2017. Now, the government is indicating it wants to see more money from these companies, which would mean more ‘tweaks’ to the system, or perhaps a totally new approach. But that’s easier said than done. Lachlan Vass, research manager at the e61 Institute, joins Phil to talk through the rationale behind the original approach, what’s changed, and why more changes might work, but could also be costly or counterproductive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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