Gas
Economic carnage ‘worse than ’70s’ as PM admits ‘stable, predictable world’ is gone
International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol has warned that governments have failed to inform their citizens of the scale of economic damage being wrought by the Iran war.
- Mike Foley
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Push for gas tax as LNG exports reap huge profits after one week of war
Gas prices tripled in 2022, which was the last time an international conflict hit energy markets. Experts say it may happen again due to the Iran war.
- Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Drone strike on key Qatari plant reignites global gas crunch fears
Soaring gas prices are handing a potential windfall to Australian LNG giants, but reigniting worries of spiking energy costs at home.
- Nick Toscano
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- Environmental activism
Taxpayers ‘deserve better’: Labor puts top climate lawyers on notice
The government is warning the Environmental Defenders Office it risks losing its funding after a series of high-profile court cases against a major gas producer.
- Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Released emails reveal heavy political lobbying as massive gas project extended
Woodside asked the government to ensure its media messaging “aligned” with the gas giant’s, as negotiations over its North West Shelf project continued.
- Bianca Hall
Gas giant Santos to axe 10% of staff, consider asset sales
Santos, the second-largest Australian gas producer, will cull one in 10 jobs and may sell some of its assets as it faces a downturn in commodity prices.
- Nick Toscano
Labor members want fracking completely banned in WA. But one project just got a major green tick
The decision sets the Cook government up for a showdown with Labor Party faithful, who voted to ban fracking at last year’s state conference.
- Hamish Hastie
Fears for Ningaloo, World Heritage sites in pushback against Santos’ drilling plans
According to Santos’ own modelling, the “remote” worst-case scenario for hydrocarbon spills could reach as far south as Shark Bay, or a few hundred kilometres south of Timor-Leste.
- Hamish Hastie
Now the hard part for Australia’s oil and gas sector: erasing itself from the sea
Dozens of offshore steel platforms as tall as skyscrapers are no longer pumping fossil fuels from the seabed. What should happen to them?
- Nick Toscano
Have more sex and replace your stove: The simple, everyday ways to reduce cancer risk, according to doctors
Eating fibre, replacing gas stoves and regular ejaculation are just some of the ways cancer experts are reducing their risk of developing the potentially deadly disease.
- Henrietta Cook and Broede Carmody