Santos

Status Exposed

East-coast LNG exporter; one of the handful of companies whose export decisions set the domestic gas price the ACCC has declined to break up.

Last on record: 2026-10-10
Named in: 18 articles
Across: 3 cases

Named in 18 articles across 3 cases 32 connections: companies 13, lobbies 1, mechanisms 4, regulators and bodies 4, agencies and departments 2, parties and organisations 1, people 7

Key figure on file

Chevron A$0 PRRT on A$26.9 billion; Santos A$213 million on A$8.3 billion

On evidence before the inquiry, in 2023-24 Chevron paid A$0 in PRRT on A$26.9 billion in revenue, while Santos paid A$213 million on A$8.3 billion. ATO transparency data cited in the committee report, 7 May 2026

Corporate income tax paid · 2023-24

A$0

The 10th straight year paying no corporate income tax, on almost A$47bn of sales across the decade. ATO Corporate Tax Transparency 2023-24.

on total income of A$8.2bn

Articles naming it

Cases it recurs across

Linked in the graph

Figures on file

Fig. 01 / Where this name appears

Australia's Gas HeistChevron A$0 PRRT on A$26.9 billion; Santos A$213 million on A$8.3 billionOn evidence before the inquiry, in 2023-24 Chevron paid A$0 in PRRT on A$26.9 billion in revenue, while Santos paid A$213 million on A$8.3 billion.9 articles →The Inflation Rort55 articles →The War Trade44 articles →

Fig. 01Source: article scan · every article naming itAs of 2026‑10‑10Auto-assembled

Fig. 02 / On the record

Chevron A$0 PRRT on A$26.9 billion; Santos A$213 million on A$8.3 billionOn evidence before the inquiry, in 2023-24 Chevron paid A$0 in PRRT on A$26.9 billion in revenue, while Santos paid A$213 million on A$8.3 billion.Source: ATO transparency data cited in the committee report, 7 May 2026The inquiry that couldn't agree →

Fig. 02Source: figures on file for this name, each tied to the article it came fromAs of 2026‑10‑10Auto-assembled

How we know

The sources of the 18 articles that name Santos, by the tier the desk declared. A source supports its article, not necessarily a claim about Santos.

Evidence strength · 349 sources across 18 articles

Primary 126
Official 36
Masthead 64
Trade 71
Aggregator 22
Unusable 1
29 not yet graded

Primary: the document itself: legislation, a court record, a filing, a regulator’s own publication
Official: the organisation’s own statement about itself
Masthead: a news organisation with a corrections policy, reporting the primary document
Trade: specialist or trade press
Aggregator: republishes others’ work
Unusable: its own sourcing cannot be established

How sources are graded

14 of 18 articles are graded on every headline finding. How findings are graded

Fig. 03 / Named together

The 12 names most often in the same articles as Santos. A line's weight, and the number by each name, is how many articles name both. Grey chords join the neighbours most often named together themselves (two articles or more). Circles are people and organisations, squares are mechanisms. Named together is all this shows: it is not a finding about what the relationship is.

Fig. 03Source: article scan · articles naming bothAs of 2026‑10‑10Auto-assembled