Temporary Gas, Coal Tax ‘Short-Term Fix’ to Energy Price Spike: Mining Council CEO

A general view of Coal Seam Gas wells and a waste water treatment plant in Narrabri, Australia, on Feb. 6, 2021. Brook Mitchell/Getty Images

The CEO of the Mining Council of Australia has described a proposed tax on coal miners and gas producers as “perverse.”

“It’s a very short-term fix, not sensible to put at risk our investment in Australia, our jobs in Australia and what industries are doing with communities,” Tania Constable told Sky News on Friday.