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The Iran conflict could see drive gas price spikes that may eclipse those seen when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

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

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Queensland’s gas pipeline to the southern states is at capacity.

Labor set to make major intervention to keep gas in Australia

The government is under pressure to keep ailing smelters, concrete makers and plastics firms alive, as well as keep a lid on household power bills.

  • Paul Sakkal
Rio’s new boss, Simon Trott.

Corporate fairytale: How a boy from the bush rose to run world’s third-largest mining giant

Apart from his other qualities Rio Tinto’s new boss, Simon Trott, ticked a vitally important career box – he is a Juukan Gorge-scandal cleanskin.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Chris Bowen says it’s a “reasonable request” for Australians to have access to Australian gas.

Affordable fuel, no shortages: Bowen’s domestic reservation threat for gas industry

Peter Dutton shocked the industry by promising a domestic reservation scheme on massive LNG exporters. The Albanese government might deliver on his threat.

  • Mike Foley
Labor governments are acting on their beliefs that more gas is needed to back up renewables.

Australia’s renewable energy shift to be powered by gas

Labor governments around the country have dropped their resistance to the fossil fuel and will ensure gas is essential to the grid for decades to come.

  • Mike Foley, Nick Toscano and Kieran Rooney
Federal Resources Minister and Brand MP Madeleine King at Rockingham Beach.

The stalwart: John Howard’s link to Madeleine King’s political success

Madeleine King says there is no such thing as a safe seat, but concedes she has been fortunate in Brand.

  • Hamish Hastie
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MPs claiming flights.

See the free flights our most senior MPs take

Who flew where, how and who paid are fast becoming the defining questions in politics.

  • Millie Muroi
Thermal coal prices surged to record highs following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Australia’s fossil fuel giants are facing a $30 billion hit

Tens of billions of dollars from Australia’s coal and gas exports could be wiped out in as little as two years as prices keep tumbling.

  • Nick Toscano
Resources Minister Madeleine King following the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA breakfast at Crown Perth on Thursday.

King plays down ‘hysteria’ over Pilbara unionisation, lashes BHP

Madeleine King has accused BHP of trying to weaponise the press amid claims the federal government’s industrial relations laws could spell an “economic catastrophe” in the Pilbara.

  • Jesinta Burton
ExxonMobil’s Marlin B platform in the Bass Strait, which was traditionally the mainstay of the state’s gas supply but whose fields are now depleting rapidly.

East coast gas crisis to hit sooner than expected: ACCC

The competition watchdog says major new supplies needed by 2027 to stop homes and businesses running short.

  • Mike Foley and Nick Toscano