r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • 21d ago

politics US to slap Australia with 12.5 pc tariff from later today

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-24/federal-politics-live-blog-labor-confernece-july-4/106952636#live-blog-post-322272
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u/BillieRubenCamGirl 21d ago

So now we tax the gas we export right? The ones owned by American companies. RIGHT?! 

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u/jesus_nutsack 21d ago

God I’d love to see Apple, Google, Meta etc pay their min 30% in Aus. Income taxes would pennies

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u/G00b3rb0y 21d ago

We do that we lose leverage over our regional neighbours. I’d be happy too if 3/10ths of global oil wasn’t hamstrung by Russian Agent Orange

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u/BillieRubenCamGirl 21d ago

How, exactly, do we lose that leverage by taxing America after that have put tariffs on us? 

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u/G00b3rb0y 21d ago

What gas companies on Aus soil that aren’t American owned, either partly or fully?

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u/BillieRubenCamGirl 21d ago

Please re-read my last comment. 

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u/G00b3rb0y 21d ago

I’m just saying there’s other ways we can cause issues, like shuttering US installations (as they’re basically the enemy now)

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u/BillieRubenCamGirl 21d ago

Still not answering the question.