Senate Select Committee on the Taxation of Gas Resources (part 2 of 2)

21 April 2026

Senate Select Committee on the Taxation of Gas Resources Australian Parliament

00:00 - 00:21
Speaker 5
The ATO is using it in a technical sense.  Are they complying with the tax rules?  But I think for everyday people looking at the amount that they pay in PRRT, it makes sense, senator, that they are systematic nonpayers because they literally, many of them, don't pay any tax.  So I know you mean compliance with the law as it's written, but for many of us, it means something quite different. 
00:21 - 00:41
Speaker 45
Yourself yourself and others refer to the historical payment, but you very, if ever, if ever talk about the projected payments, the forecast payments under the PWRT regime.  So you're very convincing in telling the eight part of the story, but you're not very convincing in telling the whole story. 
00:41 - 00:48
Speaker 5
We do have Chevron said that they will not pay any payor RT over the life of Gorgon.  Like, there are projections available. 
00:48 - 00:59
Speaker 2
I...  We...  I'm I'm gonna I'm gonna call this this segment to an end.  We have got other witnesses waiting, and we do have the ATO presenting at 03:00 tomorrow.  So let's, let's prosecute it further there. 

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