Why is Scotty from Marketing attacking gas reservation?
Australia has long had a problem with what to do with former prime ministers, but it appears Scotty from Marketing takes the cake. Former prime minister Scott Morrison says Labor’s plans for a domestic gas reservation scheme pose a threat to the country’s long-standing and close energy supply partnership with Japan. Morrison, who is vice The post Why is Scotty from Marketing attacking gas…
Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who now serves as a vice chairman at American Global Strategies (AGS) and a strategic adviser to various firms, has publicly criticized Labor’s proposed domestic gas reservation scheme. Morrison argues that the scheme threatens Australia’s longstanding energy supply partnership with Japan. Specifically, Morrison takes issue with the revised safeguard mechanism and royalties on gas in Queensland as central issues causing concern for Australia’s largest LNG customer, AGS.
AGS, a group of former Trump 1.0 officials, actively lobbies for policy influences at the highest levels. In the past, Morrison promised a gas reservation scheme to Sen. Rex Patrick for Stage 3 tax cuts, only to later deny any such promise. Morrison has maintained close links with Japanese companies in the Australian LNG sector, including INPEX, Kawasaki, Nippon Steel, Mitsubishi, ENEOS, J-Power, Itochu, and Sumitomo.
He even attended the 2018 Ichthys LNG launch with then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Morrison’s involvement in AGS includes connections with Shigeru Kitamura, former Japanese National Security Adviser, and Secretary-General of the National Security Secretariat. Morrison’s strategic visits to Tokyo and Singapore as part of his AGS role have raised questions about potential conflicts of interest, especially when he suggests that Australia's potential domestic gas reservation scheme is problematic for Japan.
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