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Meanwhile Penny Wong says China has agreed to facilitate exports of jet fuel to ease supply disruptions. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Chalmers understands calls for gas export tax, but says government focused on getting fuel for Australians Chalmers said he understands calls to tax gas exports, but maintained the government was set on securing international supply arrangements during the ongoing fuel crisis. He told RN: I understand that there is a constituency in the Australian community to go further … But there are also, as the prime minister said, really good reasons to prioritise these international supply arrangements particularly during this oil shock. All of us have been prioritising getting fuel for Australia and for Australians to keep the economy ticking over and that’s why there are good for the comments that the prime minister made yesterday. We’ve been very upfront with people and said when we think about the intergenerational unfairness in the budget, in our economy, in our society more broadly, a couple of the drivers of that are in housing, are in the tax system. Continue reading...