Tag: LNG

A federal budget that delivers $250 a year to workers while handing $16.3 billion to fossil fuel companies.

The Budget That Will Not Save You

May 13, 2026May 14, 2026 · 1 Comment ·

The 2026-27 federal budget breaks two election promises, grows fossil fuel subsidies faster than the NDIS, hands $250 a year to workers, and approves gas drilling until 2080. Jim Chalmers was right that the can had been kicked far enough. He has been less forthcoming about who was doing the kicking.

A surrealist oil painting in the style of René Magritte's The Son of Man. A bowler-hatted figure in a grey suit stands against a blue sky with clouds. Where the face should be, a large LNG carrier floats in its place, serene and enormous. The figure holds a briefcase stencilled with the letters PRRT.

Uninvestable, A Clarke and Dawe sketch

May 3, 2026May 4, 2026 · 1 Comment ·

This sketch is written in the tradition of John Clarke and Bryan Dawe, whose work set the standard for Australian political satire. It is offered as homage, not impersonation. John Clarke died in April 2017. Bryan Dawe continues to work as a writer and performer. … Continue reading Uninvestable, A Clarke and Dawe sketch

Satirical editorial illustration showing a politician speaking at an outback podium labelled "For the Battlers" while a giant billionaire figure in shadow pulls puppet strings from behind. A private jet sits in the red dirt.

One Nation’s battler lie unravels

May 2, 2026 · 3 Comments ·

One Nation calls itself the battler’s friend. Gina Rinehart’s plane, the NRA’s phone calls and Big Coal’s Senate votes tell a different story. Howard sowed the tares.

Aerial view of oil tankers gridlocked in the Strait of Hormuz at dusk, black smoke rising from a distant refinery against an orange sky.

Persian Stalemate

March 31, 2026 · 1 Comment ·

Thirty days in, Operation Epic Fury has achieved something genuinely historic: it has made the world less safe, energy more expensive, American alliances more threadbare, Iran more unified, and the US military more fractured — all simultaneously. Pete Hegseth is praying for Armageddon. His troops are filing conscientious objector applications. And in the Strait of Hormuz, the tankers stay put. Urban Wronski on the stalemate that no ground invasion can break and no prayer can win.

Editorial illustration of corporate and political figures examining a glowing global gas map that is cracking into flames, while shadowed civilians stand in the background.

The Seduction of Simple Answers

March 30, 2026 ·

A seductive theory claims the US-Israel war on Iran is driven by LNG profits. It sounds convincing. It is also wrong. When examined closely, the market logic collapses, leaving behind a far messier and more dangerous reality.

Split image: burning oil infrastructure in the Persian Gulf at night; a Houston LNG company headquarters at dawn with rising share price tickers. A line of flame connects them.

The Spoils of Oil Wars

March 28, 2026March 28, 2026 · 2 Comments ·

You do not need a conspiracy theory when you have a balance sheet. The Iran war has eliminated America’s two main rivals in the global LNG market. Senator Lindsey Graham told us it was a good investment. He was not wrong.

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