Chevron has paid no corporate tax in Australia in the past two years. None. Zero. Zilch.

‘The CEO of Chevron is sitting in a Perth hotel conference room, clearly unhappy. Why wouldn’t he be? He gets paid more than $20m a year and he finds himself today in front of a table of senators answering questions about the company’s lack of a contribution to Australia’s tax base. He normally doesn’t do media and, by the nature of his position, he is able to avoid public scrutiny, but today he is answering questions from the Australian Senate. He turns to the right and whispers something to his offsider before answering my question.
He is trying to answer the question I just asked him, which I flagged to journalists an hour before. Standing in the Perth morning sun, I was holding up a picture of my daughter Hannah. “How old will my five-year-old daughter be before Chevron actually starts paying taxes on its offshore gas projects?” I hold the picture up. The cameras click.’
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