Independent MP Monique Ryan says the Labor government could have done a lot “better” than increasing the PRRT tax on large gas companies to $2.4 billion over four years.
“When you’ve got a gas lobby which is happy with an outcome that the government suggested,
it does suggest that the government hasn’t gone hard enough,” Ms Ryan told Sky News Australia.
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