Mark Ogge
@markogge.bsky.social
Principal Advisor on climate and energy at The Australia Institute. My views are my own.
Look at what governments do, not what they say.
Labor is sweet talking about phasing out fossil fuels, while approving massive new fossil fuel export projects all over Australia.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Labor is sweet talking about phasing out fossil fuels, while approving massive new fossil fuel export projects all over Australia.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 29, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Look at what governments do, not what they say.
Labor is sweet talking about phasing out fossil fuels, while approving massive new fossil fuel export projects all over Australia.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Labor is sweet talking about phasing out fossil fuels, while approving massive new fossil fuel export projects all over Australia.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Did you know gas exports not only drive your gas bills, but your electricity bills also?
Even though gas is only 5% of electricity in the National Electricity Market (NEM), it sets the electricity price because gas is so expensive.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
Even though gas is only 5% of electricity in the National Electricity Market (NEM), it sets the electricity price because gas is so expensive.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Did you know gas exports not only drive your gas bills, but your electricity bills also?
Even though gas is only 5% of electricity in the National Electricity Market (NEM), it sets the electricity price because gas is so expensive.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
Even though gas is only 5% of electricity in the National Electricity Market (NEM), it sets the electricity price because gas is so expensive.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
Did you know, the QLD Government says coal seam gas fields on agricultural land in QLD can cause groundwater levels to drop by up to 500m?
What an awful industry.
www.ogia.water.qld.gov.au/groundwater-...
What an awful industry.
www.ogia.water.qld.gov.au/groundwater-...
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Did you know, the QLD Government says coal seam gas fields on agricultural land in QLD can cause groundwater levels to drop by up to 500m?
What an awful industry.
www.ogia.water.qld.gov.au/groundwater-...
What an awful industry.
www.ogia.water.qld.gov.au/groundwater-...
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Korean-owned coal mines were stopped in NSW by local groups.
Korea is now phasing out coal.
This is why stopping coal and gas projects in Australia is so important! IT WORKS!!
My piece on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/news/251126-...
Korea is now phasing out coal.
This is why stopping coal and gas projects in Australia is so important! IT WORKS!!
My piece on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/news/251126-...
Australia’s big climate win – stopping Korean coal mines
One of the big announcements at last week’s UN climate talks in Brazil was that the South Korean Government has committed to phasing out coal-fired power by 2040.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Korean-owned coal mines were stopped in NSW by local groups.
Korea is now phasing out coal.
This is why stopping coal and gas projects in Australia is so important! IT WORKS!!
My piece on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/news/251126-...
Korea is now phasing out coal.
This is why stopping coal and gas projects in Australia is so important! IT WORKS!!
My piece on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/news/251126-...
The gas “crisis” is “not because we don’t have enough gas, but because the gas that comes from beneath Australian soil is prioritised for customers offshore rather than customers onshore”.
Spot on.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Spot on.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The gas “crisis” is “not because we don’t have enough gas, but because the gas that comes from beneath Australian soil is prioritised for customers offshore rather than customers onshore”.
Spot on.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Spot on.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The Boomer generation didn’t just "shape society" they strip-mined it.
Free uni, cheap housing, stable jobs… then they voted to burn it all down.
Now they clutch their assets while younger generations inherit debt, precarity and a collapsing planet.
History will not be kind.
#ClimateCrisis #degrowth
Free uni, cheap housing, stable jobs… then they voted to burn it all down.
Now they clutch their assets while younger generations inherit debt, precarity and a collapsing planet.
History will not be kind.
#ClimateCrisis #degrowth
November 19, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The Boomer generation didn’t just "shape society" they strip-mined it.
Free uni, cheap housing, stable jobs… then they voted to burn it all down.
Now they clutch their assets while younger generations inherit debt, precarity and a collapsing planet.
History will not be kind.
#ClimateCrisis #degrowth
Free uni, cheap housing, stable jobs… then they voted to burn it all down.
Now they clutch their assets while younger generations inherit debt, precarity and a collapsing planet.
History will not be kind.
#ClimateCrisis #degrowth
Honestly, it would be absurd for Australia to host COP31.
Australia has 3X per capita emissions of Turkey, is a massive fossil fuel exporter and just approved a 50-year extension of Woodside’s North Shelf, one of the worst fossil fuel exports projects in the world.
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Australia has 3X per capita emissions of Turkey, is a massive fossil fuel exporter and just approved a 50-year extension of Woodside’s North Shelf, one of the worst fossil fuel exports projects in the world.
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Honestly, it would be absurd for Australia to host COP31.
Australia has 3X per capita emissions of Turkey, is a massive fossil fuel exporter and just approved a 50-year extension of Woodside’s North Shelf, one of the worst fossil fuel exports projects in the world.
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Australia has 3X per capita emissions of Turkey, is a massive fossil fuel exporter and just approved a 50-year extension of Woodside’s North Shelf, one of the worst fossil fuel exports projects in the world.
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Meanwhile Australia opens massive new fossil fuel export projects with vastly more emissions than all the pacific states combined.
Australia is an out-of-contol petrostate, drowning its Pacific neighbours, and should not be allowed to host COP31.
Australia is an out-of-contol petrostate, drowning its Pacific neighbours, and should not be allowed to host COP31.
November 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Meanwhile Australia opens massive new fossil fuel export projects with vastly more emissions than all the pacific states combined.
Australia is an out-of-contol petrostate, drowning its Pacific neighbours, and should not be allowed to host COP31.
Australia is an out-of-contol petrostate, drowning its Pacific neighbours, and should not be allowed to host COP31.
Australia should be disqualified from hosting the international climate conference (COP31)
Australia's emissions per person are 3X rival bidder Turkiye, and Australia is a massive fossil fuel exporter.
Australia is an out-of-control petrostate using COP31 to launder its image.
Australia's emissions per person are 3X rival bidder Turkiye, and Australia is a massive fossil fuel exporter.
Australia is an out-of-control petrostate using COP31 to launder its image.
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Australia should be disqualified from hosting the international climate conference (COP31)
Australia's emissions per person are 3X rival bidder Turkiye, and Australia is a massive fossil fuel exporter.
Australia is an out-of-control petrostate using COP31 to launder its image.
Australia's emissions per person are 3X rival bidder Turkiye, and Australia is a massive fossil fuel exporter.
Australia is an out-of-control petrostate using COP31 to launder its image.
Well, you’ve got to give @walabor.bsky.social credit for consistency in doctoring reports they commission that don’t support their claims about gas exports.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
November 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Well, you’ve got to give @walabor.bsky.social credit for consistency in doctoring reports they commission that don’t support their claims about gas exports.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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It's just been confirmed that Monash University is dropping Woodside as a partner because they don't align with their sustainable values. This is an incredible win for @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social who have run a dedicated grass roots campaign for years.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
It's just been confirmed that Monash University is dropping Woodside as a partner because they don't align with their sustainable values. This is an incredible win for @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social who have run a dedicated grass roots campaign for years.
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The WA gov spent $400k on a report from scandal ridden Deloitte to say gas exports are good for the climate.
But even Deloitte (who let’s face it would say almost anything they are paid to) were like.. um.. yeh… maybe not…
So the government buried the report and just kept saying it anyway.
But even Deloitte (who let’s face it would say almost anything they are paid to) were like.. um.. yeh… maybe not…
So the government buried the report and just kept saying it anyway.
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The WA gov spent $400k on a report from scandal ridden Deloitte to say gas exports are good for the climate.
But even Deloitte (who let’s face it would say almost anything they are paid to) were like.. um.. yeh… maybe not…
So the government buried the report and just kept saying it anyway.
But even Deloitte (who let’s face it would say almost anything they are paid to) were like.. um.. yeh… maybe not…
So the government buried the report and just kept saying it anyway.
Imagine if we had a government that put the interests of Australians ahead of foreign owned gas corporations and other countries....
thepoint.com.au/news/251104-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251104-...
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Imagine if we had a government that put the interests of Australians ahead of foreign owned gas corporations and other countries....
thepoint.com.au/news/251104-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251104-...
Coal seam gas has turned tens of thousands of square kilometres of QLD into industrial gas fields.
For what?….export by foreign owned gas corporates who don’t even pay tax in Australia.
For what?….export by foreign owned gas corporates who don’t even pay tax in Australia.
November 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Coal seam gas has turned tens of thousands of square kilometres of QLD into industrial gas fields.
For what?….export by foreign owned gas corporates who don’t even pay tax in Australia.
For what?….export by foreign owned gas corporates who don’t even pay tax in Australia.
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"Australians are getting ripped off by the gas industry," - Liam O'Brien, ACTU Assistant Secretary told the #RevenueSummit25
Analysis by The Australia Institute shows the ACTU's call for a 25% tax on revenue from gas exports would raise around $12.5 billion annually.
#auspol
Analysis by The Australia Institute shows the ACTU's call for a 25% tax on revenue from gas exports would raise around $12.5 billion annually.
#auspol
October 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Australians are getting ripped off by the gas industry," - Liam O'Brien, ACTU Assistant Secretary told the #RevenueSummit25
Analysis by The Australia Institute shows the ACTU's call for a 25% tax on revenue from gas exports would raise around $12.5 billion annually.
#auspol
Analysis by The Australia Institute shows the ACTU's call for a 25% tax on revenue from gas exports would raise around $12.5 billion annually.
#auspol
The reason taxpayers are having to bail out Australia’s heavy industry is that our governments let Big Gas export 2/3 of our gas and price gouge us…for our own gas!
Gas exports have tripled wholesale gas prices and doubled electricity prices.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
Gas exports have tripled wholesale gas prices and doubled electricity prices.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
October 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The reason taxpayers are having to bail out Australia’s heavy industry is that our governments let Big Gas export 2/3 of our gas and price gouge us…for our own gas!
Gas exports have tripled wholesale gas prices and doubled electricity prices.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
Gas exports have tripled wholesale gas prices and doubled electricity prices.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
Australian governments allowing the export of 80% of our gas is killing Australian manufacturing.
Gas exports have caused the cost of gas for Australia's manufacturers to double over the last decade and are the #1 cause of rising electricity prices.
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Gas exports have caused the cost of gas for Australia's manufacturers to double over the last decade and are the #1 cause of rising electricity prices.
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Who is to blame? In energy, the answer is most likely always gas
A report out today in the AFR suggests that “Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter, Tomago, has started a consultation process with employees on the plant’s potential closure”
thepoint.com.au
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Australian governments allowing the export of 80% of our gas is killing Australian manufacturing.
Gas exports have caused the cost of gas for Australia's manufacturers to double over the last decade and are the #1 cause of rising electricity prices.
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Gas exports have caused the cost of gas for Australia's manufacturers to double over the last decade and are the #1 cause of rising electricity prices.
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Why is Tomago in trouble?
Because @qldlabor.bsky.social and @australianlabor.bsky.social governments approved unconstrained gas exports, causing gas prices to triple and electricity prices to double.
Gas exports are an economic disaster for Australia.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
Because @qldlabor.bsky.social and @australianlabor.bsky.social governments approved unconstrained gas exports, causing gas prices to triple and electricity prices to double.
Gas exports are an economic disaster for Australia.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
October 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Why is Tomago in trouble?
Because @qldlabor.bsky.social and @australianlabor.bsky.social governments approved unconstrained gas exports, causing gas prices to triple and electricity prices to double.
Gas exports are an economic disaster for Australia.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
Because @qldlabor.bsky.social and @australianlabor.bsky.social governments approved unconstrained gas exports, causing gas prices to triple and electricity prices to double.
Gas exports are an economic disaster for Australia.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
Time the foreign owned coal, oil and gas corporates destroying our climate and making floods and fires worse started paying the costs
… instead of Aussie homeowners!
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Support our climate disaster levy on fossil fuel exports🧵👇
… instead of Aussie homeowners!
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Support our climate disaster levy on fossil fuel exports🧵👇
October 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Time the foreign owned coal, oil and gas corporates destroying our climate and making floods and fires worse started paying the costs
… instead of Aussie homeowners!
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Support our climate disaster levy on fossil fuel exports🧵👇
… instead of Aussie homeowners!
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Support our climate disaster levy on fossil fuel exports🧵👇
More disgrace for the Big Four organised crime syndicate.
It’s structural. Their whole business model is ripping off taxpayers.
Our governments need to end their feeding frenzy, and employ public servants.
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
It’s structural. Their whole business model is ripping off taxpayers.
Our governments need to end their feeding frenzy, and employ public servants.
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
October 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
More disgrace for the Big Four organised crime syndicate.
It’s structural. Their whole business model is ripping off taxpayers.
Our governments need to end their feeding frenzy, and employ public servants.
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
It’s structural. Their whole business model is ripping off taxpayers.
Our governments need to end their feeding frenzy, and employ public servants.
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
You may have thought the LNP would no longer dictate Australia’s climate policies.
But no.
The LNP “welcomed the government's decision to rule out a climate trigger "after sustained pressure".
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
But no.
The LNP “welcomed the government's decision to rule out a climate trigger "after sustained pressure".
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
October 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
You may have thought the LNP would no longer dictate Australia’s climate policies.
But no.
The LNP “welcomed the government's decision to rule out a climate trigger "after sustained pressure".
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
But no.
The LNP “welcomed the government's decision to rule out a climate trigger "after sustained pressure".
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
I wonder if the team that gives half our gas resources away for free every year has negotiated a good deal for Australia’s
critical minerals?
www.sbs.com.au/news/live-bl...
critical minerals?
www.sbs.com.au/news/live-bl...
Trump and Albanese sign minerals deal, AUKUS endorsed and an awkward Rudd moment — as it happened
US President Donald Trump has welcomed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to the White House, kicking off the first formal talks between the two leaders.
www.sbs.com.au
October 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I wonder if the team that gives half our gas resources away for free every year has negotiated a good deal for Australia’s
critical minerals?
www.sbs.com.au/news/live-bl...
critical minerals?
www.sbs.com.au/news/live-bl...
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The big gas and oil companies have been having it their way for too long. We are calling for a 25% tax on gas exports. This would have raised $17.1 billion in the 2023-2024 financial year. Enough to build 50,000 new homes.
October 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The big gas and oil companies have been having it their way for too long. We are calling for a 25% tax on gas exports. This would have raised $17.1 billion in the 2023-2024 financial year. Enough to build 50,000 new homes.