Federal Budget must give Aussies a 'fair shake of the sauce bottle': Greenpeace
Greenpeace Australia Pacific
SYDNEY, Tuesday 12 May 2026 — Ahead of tonight’s Federal Budget, the following statement can be attributed to David Ritter, CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific:
“As the Albanese government hands down the budget, it has an obligation to both look after households today, and to set Australians up for a flourishing future.
“The government has an opportunity to give Aussies a fair shake of the sauce bottle by taxing gas corporations fairly, accelerating the clean, affordable renewable solutions we already have, backing its own nature law reforms with appropriate funding and by protecting our oceans, forests and climate from polluting gas projects.
“The massive swell for fairly taxing gas corporations shows the public mood has permanently shifted; most Australians rightly do not accept that gas corporations like Woodside and Santos should make obscene war profits, while everyday people face soaring bills, and natural wonders like Scott Reef are threatened by reckless gas drilling projects.
“The global energy shock has exposed the dangers of our dependence on coal, oil and gas, and made clear that our future security and prosperity is in clean, affordable and homegrown wind and solar power.
“This must be a budget to benefit Australians, not gas corporations.”
–ENDS–
Notes:
Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s 2026 Federal Budget expectations can be found here.
Greenpeace has spokespeople available for interview before and after the budget announcement, including experts who can speak on Australia’s climate and emissions, the gas tax, Woodside’s Browse project, Labor’s new nature law, and our renewable future.
Contact details:
Kimberley Bernard on +61407 581 404 or [email protected]