Senator Fatima Payman

The People's Bench is back!
This is an opportunity to talk to me directly about your ideas, suggestions, concerns, or just have a chat. I'm here for all of it.

📅 Sunday, 3 May
⏰ 8am–10am
📍 East Vic Park Farmers Market

Gas companies say reform is “too risky”.
What they really mean? It cuts into their profits.
Meanwhile, Australians are paying more in a cost of living crisis!
It’s time Australians got their fair share through a 25% tax on gas exports!

Gas Tax Public Hearing - Day 3, Boorloo (Perth).
Today we're questioning the big ones.
Woodside, Chevron, Santos...
The gas giants making billions from your resources. Today they answer for it.
Stay tuned for what they have to say.

The calls we received today broke my heart. Disabled Australians on the NDIS in tears because of a government that chose profits over people. If you’re struggling right now, please reach out 💙

🆓 Free 24/7 support:
📞 Lifeline - 13 11 14
📞 Beyond Blue - 1300 224 636
📞 13YARN - 13 92 76
📞 Headspace - 1800 650 890

This Friday in Perth, Western Australians get a rare chance to watch the gas giants answer for what they've taken.
Billions made from your resources. Next to nothing paid back.
A Senate committee with the power to demand answers.

Join us at the public hearing:
🗓️ Friday 24th of April
🕦 9am-5pm
📍Mercure Hotel - Perth CBD

The government wants to cut NDIS funding but cutting costs here doesn't save money. It just shifts them onto our hospitals, schools, parents who are already struggling.

I spoke with Sarah Moran and Carolyn Weatherby about what these cuts mean on the ground for real people and real families in a scheme worth $99 billion to our economy.

How we treat people with disability reflects who we are as a nation. Cuts here aren't savings. They're putting lives at risk

Gas companies are paying next to nothing for resources that belong to every Australian.

$17 billion a year in gas export tax revenue could fund 1.3 million household solar and battery installations. WA already has the highest rooftop solar uptake in the world, but the people who need it most are still being left behind.

The revenue exists. The question isn't whether we can afford to act. It's whether our government has the spine to.

The gas industry says 25% tax on gas exports mean job losses and higher bills for Australians, but that clearly isn't true!
At today's Senate public hearing on the Taxation of Gas Resources, we heard from witnesses including Konrad Benjamin olitics, Dr Richard Denniss and Kellie Caught from among others, on why gas companies are getting away with paying next to nothing for resources that belong to Australians.

There's more to come so stay tuned for Part 2.