● THE INFLATION RORT: Four rises in 2026 ♦ GAS REVENUE FOREGONE: A$537 A SECOND SINCE 1 JULY 2022 ♦ THE SURCHARGE RORT: The cost the Tax Office won’t wear ♦ THE SURCHARGE RORT: A line off the receipt ♦ THE AIRLINE RORT: ONGOING · UNRESOLVED · 8 INVESTIGATIONS ♦ THE CARTEL SWITCH: ONGOING · UNRESOLVED · 1 INVESTIGATIONS ♦ THE COMPLIANCE MACHINE: ONGOING · UNRESOLVED · 1 INVESTIGATIONS ♦ 102 ENTITIES TRACKED · 99 INVESTIGATIONS · 0 STRUCTURAL BREAK-UPS ♦ THE INFLATION RORT: The grill

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The ATO

Where The ATO sits in the flow of extraction.

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ENTITY / ACTORACTOR · AGENCYSTATUS · Credit cards end after 30 Nov 2026FIRST TRACKED · 2026ACROSS · 2 TOPICS

Australian Taxation Office

Australia’s tax collector. Until 30 September 2026 it passed its bank’s card fee to payers at cost, 0.94 to 2.03 per cent on credit and international cards and nothing on debit; since 1 October it charges no card fee, and after 30 November 2026 it stops accepting credit cards, saying it would not be appropriate for the cost of credit card merchant fees to be transferred to the community.

Key figure on file

A$0.48 per barrel, 2021 to 2029

After NOGA's collapse, the Commonwealth assumed the Northern Endeavour and Laminaria-Corallina liability and imposed a cost-recovery levy of A$0.48 p… ATO, Laminaria and Corallina decommissioning cost-recovery levy

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Investigations citing it

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Topics it recurs across

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Linked in the graph

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Figures on file

Fig. 01 / Where this name appears

Australia's Gas HeistA$0.48 per barrel, 2021 to 2029After NOGA's collapse, the Commonwealth assumed the Northern Endeavour and Laminaria-Corallina liability and imposed a cost-recovery levy of A$0.48…5 investigations →The Surcharge Rort0.98 per centThe ATO’s card fee on a domestic Visa credit card until 30 September 2026, set equal to what its bank charged it. Mastercard domestic credit was 0.…2 investigations →

Fig. 01Source: article scan · every investigation naming itAs of 2026‑10‑03Auto-assembled

02 / Connected in the graph

Actors in its orbit

ChevronCOMPANY · GAS · 4 SantosCOMPANY · GAS · 4 The ACCCFEDERAL REGULATOR · 3 ShellCOMPANY · GAS · 3 INPEXCOMPANY · GAS · 3 WoodsideCOMPANY · GAS · 3 The RBAFEDERAL REGULATOR · 2 Anthony AlbanesePERSON · POLITICIAN · 2 Jim ChalmersPERSON · TREASURER · 2 VisaCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 2 MastercardCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 2 eftposCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 2 American ExpressCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 2 ACCILOBBY · BUSINESS PEAK BODY · 2 COSBOALOBBY · SMALL BUSINESS PEAK BODY · 2 NOPSEMAFEDERAL REGULATOR · 2 Australian Banking AssociationLOBBY · BANKING INDUSTRY GROUP · 1 Commonwealth OmbudsmanACTOR · WATCHDOG · 1 Services AustraliaACTOR · AGENCY · 1 Pauline HansonPERSON · SENATOR, ONE NATION LEADER · 1 One NationPOLITICAL PARTY · 1 pay.com.auCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 1 PM&CACTOR · DEPARTMENT · 1

Mechanisms in play

The PRRTMECHANISM · TAX · 5 Offshore DecommissioningMECHANISM · LIABILITY · 4 Interchange feesMECHANISM · CARD FEES · 1 The Revolving DoorMECHANISM · 1 Regulatory CaptureMECHANISM · 1

03 / The evidence chain

Australia's Gas Heist

01We gave away the gasAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST 04Who profitsAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST 12The A$60 billion boomerang: who cleans up the offshore rigs when the gas money is goneAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST 13The inquiry that couldn't agreeAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST 14The boom that paid Woodside backAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST

The Surcharge Rort

01A line off the receiptTHE SURCHARGE RORT 02The cost the Tax Office won’t wearTHE SURCHARGE RORT

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