Polling shows Australians want greater tax transparency and contributions from big mining and gas companies in times of COVID-19
With the recent focus on mining transparency and industry calls for reductions in corporate tax and royalty rates, advocacy coalition Publish What You Pay has released new polling of 1042 Australians from July 6 conducting by Lonergan Research which shows:
Most (93%) Australians believe the government should do more to promote transparency in the mining, gas and oil sectors.
Three quarters (77%) of Australians believe Australian mining, gas, and oil companies should contribute more in taxes to help Australia recover from the impact of COVID-19.
7 in 10 (71%) Australians believe Australian mining, gas, and oil companies should contribute more in taxes to help developing countries where they do business respond to COVID-19.
3 in 4 (74%) Australians believe Australian mining, gas, and oil companies should publicly disclose donations.
4 in 5 (80%) Australians believe their superannuation fund / investment manager should advocate on their behalf with mining, gas and oil companies to be more transparent around taxes and revenues paid to governments here and abroad.
This polling was released to coincide with the launch of the Ethical Partners and Publish What You Pay research report: ‘Leaders or Laggards? ASX listed mining, gas and oil company tax and revenue transparency’ which shows Australia is falling behind in global extractive industry transparency.
Contact: Clancy Moore National Director PWYP, 0410 508 051 / clancy.moore@actionaid.org for more information.