As Ampol war profits surge by 376 percent the increasing price of fuel is pushing Australians further into the red, making impossible choices between paying for fuel or the rent.
The Greens demand Labor tax the windfall profits of corporations cashing in on war and climate wrecking.
Anthony Albanese was the first leader to back the US-Israeli war on Iran. Now he must decide if wants to shield Australians from its devastating impacts or shield the skyrocketing war profits of fossil fuel giants.
As stated by leader of the Australian Greens, David Shoebridge:
"Everyday people didn't start this war. Families struggling to pay their bills didn't create this fuel crisis. Yet they are being forced to wear the cost while corporations make billions off chaos and war.
"Meanwhile Anthony Albanese is protecting those very corporations making a killing from the fuel crisis.
"Labor keeps telling people the time is not right to tax these corporations. If the right time isn't now, when multinational corporations bank billions at the expense of families skipping essentials to afford to get to work, then when exactly is the right time?
"The Greens want a windfall tax on war profits flowing from the energy crisis and a minimum 25 percent tax on gas exports to fund cost-of-living relief and essential services.
"It's time for an Australian government to side with the Australian people, not a bunch of multi-national corporate donors."
As stated by deputy leader of the Australian Greens, Steph Hodgins-May:
"Australians are being forced to pay the price for a crisis they didn't create and a war they don't want.
"Corporations like Ampol are making billions while families are struggling to afford to fill up the tank. These companies have the money to bankroll Labor and lobby against the tax changes that would actually help households.
"This is textbook corporate capture. It's why Labor has ignored the huge groundswell of support for a minimum 25 per cent tax on gas exports, and why it's refusing to tax the windfall profits fossil fuel giants are making off this war.
"Labor needs to finally decide whose side it's on. The fossil fuel corporations cashing in on blood-soaked profits, or the Australians left picking up the bill."
