● THE INFLATION RORT: Four rises in 2026   ♦ GAS REVENUE FOREGONE: A$537 A SECOND SINCE 1 JULY 2022   ♦ THE REPORTING RORT: The fifth system   ♦ THE SURCHARGE RORT: The cost the Tax Office won’t wear   ♦ THE AIRLINE RORT: ONGOING · UNRESOLVED · 8 INVESTIGATIONS   ♦ THE CARTEL SWITCH: ONGOING · UNRESOLVED · 1 INVESTIGATIONS   ♦ THE COMPLIANCE MACHINE: ONGOING · UNRESOLVED · 1 INVESTIGATIONS   ♦ 105 ENTITIES TRACKED · 100 INVESTIGATIONS · 0 STRUCTURAL BREAK-UPS   ♦ THE SURCHARGE RORT: A line off the receipt   ♦ THE INFLATION RORT: The grill

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Anthony Albanese

Where Anthony Albanese sits in the flow of extraction.

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Prime Minister; declared 22 Qantas upgrades over a decade, a Chairman's Lounge household, and the government that blocked Qatar Airways, and in September 2026 was revealed to hold an undeclared honorary membership of Marrickville Golf Club, in his own electorate, which was promised a A$6.05 million grant.

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The cost of two years’ social membership at Marrickville Golf Club, as Albanese stated it in the House. His own membership was an honorary one, grant… ABC News (Jake Evans), 9 September 2026
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Topics it recurs across
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Fig. 01 / Where this name appears

Australia's Gas Heist55 investigations →The Inflation Rort55 investigations →The Airline Rort33 investigations →The Nature Rort22 investigations →The War Trade22 investigations →The Gambling Rort11 investigation →Media Ownership11 investigation →The Pork BarrelA$5The cost of two years’ social membership at Marrickville Golf Club, as Albanese stated it in the House. His own membership was an honorary one, gra…1 investigation →The Reporting Rort11 investigation →The Surcharge Rort11 investigation →
Fig. 01Source: article scan · every investigation naming itAs of 2026‑10‑03Auto-assembled

02 / Connected in the graph

Actors in its orbit
The ACCCFEDERAL REGULATOR · 7Jim ChalmersPERSON · TREASURER · 7The RBAFEDERAL REGULATOR · 6WoodsideCOMPANY · GAS · 6SantosCOMPANY · GAS · 5QantasCOMPANY · AVIATION · 4Barnaby JoycePERSON · ONE NATION MP FOR NEW ENGLAND · 4ShellCOMPANY · GAS · 4Bridget McKenziePERSON · SHADOW INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER, RESIGNED AS SPORTS MINISTER IN 2020 · 3News CorpCOMPANY · MEDIA · 3ColesCOMPANY · SUPERMARKETS · 3WoolworthsCOMPANY · SUPERMARKETS · 3ChevronCOMPANY · GAS · 3INPEXCOMPANY · GAS · 3Australian Banking AssociationLOBBY · BANKING INDUSTRY GROUP · 3Alan JoycePERSON · EXECUTIVE · 2ACCILOBBY · BUSINESS PEAK BODY · 2NineCOMPANY · MEDIA · 2One NationPOLITICAL PARTY · 2The ATOACTOR · AGENCY · 2PM&CACTOR · DEPARTMENT · 2Donald TrumpPERSON · US PRESIDENT · 2Gina RinehartPERSON · EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF HANCOCK PROSPECTING · 2Hancock ProspectingCOMPANY · 2Virgin AustraliaCOMPANY · AVIATION · 1TransurbanCOMPANY · TOLL ROADS · 1VisaCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 1MastercardCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 1eftposCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 1American ExpressCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 1COSBOALOBBY · SMALL BUSINESS PEAK BODY · 1NOPSEMAFEDERAL REGULATOR · 1Trump MediaCOMPANY · TRUMP MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY GROUP · 1Seven West MediaCOMPANY · MEDIA · 1Kerry StokesPERSON · MAGNATE · 1The ACMAFEDERAL REGULATOR · 1Responsible Wagering AustraliaLOBBY · ONLINE WAGERING · 1Jacqui LambiePERSON · SENATOR FOR TASMANIA, ARMY VETERAN · 1Marrickville Golf ClubORGANISATION · 1Services AustraliaACTOR · AGENCY · 1GoogleACTOR · PLATFORM · 1OpenAICOMPANY · AI · 1The ASDACTOR · AGENCY · 1The OAICFEDERAL REGULATOR · 1NPWSACTOR · AGENCY · 1CFTCREGULATOR · US COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION · 1
Mechanisms in play
The PRRTMECHANISM · TAX · 9The Revolving DoorMECHANISM · 5Offshore DecommissioningMECHANISM · LIABILITY · 4Regulatory CaptureMECHANISM · 3The Chairman's LoungeMECHANISM · LOBBYING · 2The Nature Repair MarketMECHANISM · MARKET · 2Duopoly & ConcentrationMECHANISM · 1Interchange feesMECHANISM · CARD FEES · 1BetStopMECHANISM · SELF-EXCLUSION · 1The Opt-Out RegisterMECHANISM · DEFAULT SETTINGS · 1MLCIPROGRAM · MAJOR AND LOCAL COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, A$560 MILLION, INVITATION ONLY · 1Metadata RetentionMECHANISM · SURVEILLANCE · 1

03 / The evidence chain

Australia's Gas Heist
02Beer, HECS, and the broken taxAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST06How they killed the mining taxAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST08What the media covers and howAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST11Gas and climate: the final rortAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST: FINAL13The inquiry that couldn't agreeAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST
The Inflation Rort
06The fiscal tools they didn’t useTHE INFLATION RORT07The political connectionsTHE INFLATION RORT09Four rises in 2026THE INFLATION RORT18Seven votes for a gas export tax, all lostTHE INFLATION RORT19The grillTHE INFLATION RORT
The Airline Rort
03The Qatar blockTHE AIRLINE RORT04Alan Joyce and the politiciansTHE AIRLINE RORT07What the media coveredTHE AIRLINE RORT
The Nature Rort
01The pay-to-clear switch: national approvals wired to an offset market with two projects and zero certificatesTHE NATURE RORT02Two paddocks and a deadlineTHE NATURE RORT
The War Trade
03The Australian positionTHE WAR TRADE05Five dollarsTHE WAR TRADE
The Gambling Rort
01The default is exposureTHE GAMBLING RORT
Media Ownership
06501,876 signatures and nothing happenedMEDIA OWNERSHIP SERIES: FINAL
The Pork Barrel
01The only golf clubTHE PORK BARREL
The Reporting Rort
01The inbox checked once a dayTHE REPORTING RORT
The Surcharge Rort
01A line off the receiptTHE SURCHARGE RORT

Nobody wrote this page. It assembled itself from every investigation that names Anthony Albanese, and it deepens automatically each time The Rort publishes another. The more the archive grows, the sharper this dossier gets, and the lobbyist, the donation and the revolving-door minister who recur across all of it become impossible to miss.

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