Australian LNG export breaks every record, but where is the tax revenue?

Australia has became the world’s largest exporter of liquified natural gas, with production forecast to reach $51 billion in 2019-20.

Curtis Island plants in north Queensland Source: AAP

In the last financial year, liquified natural gas (LNG) companies have contributed just over one billion in royalties.

In comparison, Qatar managed to obtain 25 times this amount with less production. Why is it so?

UNSW Canberra finance professor Massimiliano Tani tells SBS Italian.

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