Energy

Anthony Albanese has announced a new plan to lift Australia’s fuel reserves to 50 days and stockpile fertiliser in the wake of the Iran war prompted energy crisis. 

Australia’s biggest undeveloped gas project has been given a small boost with Woodside launching early engineering work on the $30 billion Browse proposal.

The Federal Government is likely to knock back calls for a supersized gas tax that it believes would alienate trading partners at a time of heightened global energy volatility.

The Federal Government is likely to knock back calls for a supersized gas tax that it believes would alienate trading partners at a time of heightened global energy volatility.

New Woodside boss Liz Westcott says war in the Middle East is ‘a dramatic reminder’ governments need to prioritise reliable energy alongside cutting emissions.

Japan’s Inpex has pledged Australian buyers will have first dibs on its next fuel cargo amid a global scramble to shore up supply disrupted by the Middlle East conflict.

The Government has warned Australia could face shortages of gas over winter as the Resources Minister says she’s considering using the gas trigger to keep gas on home soil.

Japan could be open to a fuel-swap deal with Australia’s LNG but has cautioned Anthony Albanese against taxing oil and gas exports saying it could hurt the bilateral relationship. 

A Federal Court judge has dismissed claims that Adelaide energy company Santos had green-washed its net zero target and the impact of gas.

The Albanese Government needs to fast-track gas supply to make its east coast gas reservation policy meaningful, according to Australia’s peak group for energy producers.

Woodside Energy chief executive Meg O’Neill has quit Australia’s biggest oil and gas group in major career move.

Australians will lose electricity subsidies at the end of the year, an Albanese Government decision that leaves consumers even more exposed to an inflation outbreak.

A long-running legal saga between Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue and three ex-employees who were accused of ripping off green technology has come to an abrupt end.

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Ryan Stokes has called on the Federal Government to reconsider a key plank of its climate policy regime, describing the safeguard mechanism as a de facto tax.