Gas
‘Not a single government dollar’: Albanese plays down gas policy push after blowback
Six Labor MPs in at-risk seats have spoken out against the future gas strategy spearheaded by Resources Minister Madeleine King.
- by Mike Foley
Latest
Labor’s gas boost opens new front in crossbench election battle
Teal independents, the Greens and even Labor MPs are pushing back against the government’s gas plan as a Morrison-era rerun.
- by Mike Foley
Orica boss says gas pledge won’t fix today’s soaring price problem
The high cost of gas in Australia is skewing investment decisions towards other countries, says manufacturing boss.
- by Simon Johanson
Opinion
Energy
It’s not easy being green for UK and European oil giants
The oil super majors are eyeing shifting their primary stock exchange listings to New York as a stronger push to reduce fossil fuels in their home markets weighs on their share prices.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Labor steps on the gas to fuel its climate targets
The federal government is backing new gas fields as essential in the move to renewables.
- by David Crowe and Mike Foley
Opinion
Russia-Ukraine war
Vladimir Putin humiliated as his gas empire crumbles
Vladimir Putin is throwing everything he has got at ramping up Russia’s war machine. But it does not include one previously reliable source of cash.
- by Tim Wallace
Opinion
Opinion
WA’s gas shortage is a joke – at the public’s expense
Can you imagine Qatar or Saudi Arabia panicking about a gas or oil shortage? It would be a joke. And in the west, companies are laughing all the way to the bank.
- by Mark Ogge
King abdicates responsibility for PEP11 offshore gas project
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government would “rule out PEP11” in the 2022 election campaign but has not acted on the issue since coming to power.
- by Mike Foley
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Meg O’Neill
‘Upfront, credible and honest’: Woodside boss spruiks climate plan ahead of crucial AGM
Meg O’Neill says the energy major is working to reduce its emissions but warns it’s not going to be easy or cheap.
- by Peter Milne
Goyder appeals to Woodside shareholders to back climate plan
Woodside chair Richard Goyder has written a last-minute letter to investors ahead of a vote next week on his own position and the company’s plans for climate change.
- by Peter Milne and Nick Toscano
Power giants fear green scheme will shut out crucial projects
Pumped hydro projects are at risk of missing out on contracts under the federal government’s green energy financing scheme, despite warnings they are critically needed.
- by Nick Toscano