The Fair Go Fund
$16.1 Billion. Sourced from your gas. Spent on your future.
Where the Money Comes From
Australia exports $70 billion of your gas every year. You currently get back $1.45 billion — that’s 2 cents on the dollar.
A 25% Federal Gas Export Levy generates $16.1 billion in net new revenue. That’s the Fair Go Fund. Every dollar is accounted for below.
Where the Money Goes
| Priority | Annual Allocation | Who Benefits |
|---|---|---|
| Universal Dental Medicare | $4.0 billion | 5 million Australians locked out of dental care |
| HECS Staged Relief | $4.0 billion | 3 million lowest-income graduates first |
| Modular Housing Fund | $2.0 billion | 10,000 new homes/year manufactured in Clark |
| Household Energy Rebate | $2.0 billion | 8 million households earning under $100K |
| Clark Health Super-Clinics | $400 million | 250,000 Greater Hobart residents |
| Worker Transition Fund | $500 million | 15,000 workers in transitioning industries |
| Economic Democracy Fund | $300 million | Co-operatives, community banks, local ownership |
| Reserve & Annual Review | $2.9 billion | Contingency, cost overruns, staged expansion |
| Total | $16.1 billion | Every Australian |
What Each Dollar Does
Universal Dental Medicare — $4 Billion
Right now, dental is the only part of your body Medicare won’t cover. Five million Australians avoid the dentist because they can’t afford it. This fixes that. One levy. One broken promise finally kept.
The ask: Add teeth to Medicare. Finally.
HECS Staged Relief — $4 Billion/Year
Australia’s student debt is $74 billion and climbing. A nurse, a teacher, a social worker — they studied to serve their community and they’re carrying debt for a decade. At $4 billion a year, the national HECS debt is gone in under 5 years, starting with the lowest incomes first.
The ask: Reward the makers who built their skills to build this country.
Modular Housing Manufacturing Fund — $2 Billion
We can’t build fast enough with old methods. This fund seeds modular and 3D-printing housing factories in Clark — specifically in Glenorchy — delivering:
- 10,000 new homes per year at lower cost
- 500+ manufacturing and construction jobs in Clark
- Downward pressure on the entire housing market
The ask: Stop waiting for the market. Build the homes ourselves.
Household Energy Rebate — $2 Billion
The same gas we export is driving up your power bill at home. IEEFA found LNG exports added $4.3 billion to household and business energy costs in FY2023-24 alone. This rebate — targeting households earning under $100,000 — returns approximately $250 per household per year to the people paying the price of the export boom.
The ask: If our gas exports raise your bills, the levy lowers them back.
Clark Maker Super-Clinics — $400 Million
Three 24/7 facilities serving Greater Hobart:
- Northern Hub — Glenorchy/Claremont: Urgent Care and Dialysis
- Innovation Hub — Moonah/Derwent Park: Paediatric and Mental Health
- Southern Hub — Kingston/Taroona: Surgical and Imaging
Built using 3D-printing technology — operational before the next election, not stuck in scaffold for a decade. Relieves the Royal Hobart Hospital. Gets families urgent care within 15 minutes.
The ask: Clark sends tax to Canberra. Canberra builds clinics in Clark.
Worker Transition Fund — $500 Million
Transition is only fair if the workers who built the old industries aren’t left behind in the new ones. This fund covers:
- Salmon industry workers moving to land-based RAS operations
- Fossil fuel workers in transitioning regions
- Retraining, income bridging, apprenticeship pipelines
The ask: No one gets left behind. That’s what Fair Go means.
Economic Democracy Seed Fund — $300 Million
Seed capital for worker co-operatives and employee ownership models, community banking and credit unions in underserved areas, and local business development that keeps value in the community. Based on the Mondragon model and proven Australian examples.
The ask: Stop letting absentee shareholders extract value from our communities.
Reserve & Annual Review — $2.9 Billion (18%)
Every program is staged. Every dollar is tracked. Annual public reporting before each expansion step. No promises made that aren’t paid for first.
The ask: This is not a wish list. It’s a budget.
The Clark Dividend Specifically
Clark sends its taxes to Canberra like everyone else. Under this plan, Clark gets back:
| What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|
| Housing factory | Glenorchy | 500+ jobs, 10,000 homes/year nationally |
| Northern Health Hub | Claremont/Glenorchy | 24/7 urgent care, dialysis |
| Innovation Health Hub | Moonah/Derwent Park | Kids and mental health |
| Southern Health Hub | Kingston/Taroona | Surgery and imaging |
| Salmon transition | Statewide | Worker income protection |
| HECS relief | All graduates in Clark | Debt reduction for nurses, teachers, workers |
Clark is not just a recipient. Clark is the manufacturing base. The housing factory in Glenorchy builds homes for the whole country. That’s the Maker model. We don’t just receive the Fair Go. We build it.
When They Say “You Can’t Afford It”
We export $70 billion of your gas. We collect $1.45 billion back. That gap is $68.5 billion. The Fair Go Fund costs $16.1 billion. We are not asking for everything. We are asking for less than a quarter of what’s already ours.
Sources
| Figure | Source |
|---|---|
| $70B LNG exports | Dept. of Industry, Resources and Energy Quarterly, Sept 2024 |
| $1.45B PRRT | Federal Budget 2025-26, Budget Paper No. 1, Statement 4 |
| $27B potential additional revenue | Australia Institute, January 2026 |
| $4.3B household energy cost increase from LNG | IEEFA, October 2025 |
| 5M Australians without dental access | Australian Dental Association |
| $74B total HECS debt | Parliamentary Budget Office |
| 11M households | ABS Household Projections; IBISWorld 2025-26 |
| Alaska dividend $1,702/person | Alaska Permanent Fund Division, 2024 |
All figures conservative and publicly verifiable.