The WA energy giant will be legally required to ensure a gas project extension meets the Federal Government's climate targets.
Tess Ikonomou
Federal approval on Wednesday for Woodside’s North West Shelf to run until 2070 was a win for the gas industry. But the next major project may face an even higher hurdle.
Matt Mckenzie
Activists are set to ramp up their campaign against a massive gas project after the federal government approved a proposal to extend its operation to 2070.
Alex Mitchell
The extension of Woodside's North West Shelf project has become a lightning rod for climate and Indigenous activists who are vowing to keep up the fight.
Jacob Shteyman
The oil and gas industry says keeping Woodside Energy’s LNG plant on the Burrup Peninsula until 2070 proves there is appreciation for gas as a transition fuel, while conservationists have blasted the verdict.
Simone Grogan
A bid to extend the life of Woodside Energy’s North West Shelf LNG plant has been endorsed by Australia’s new environment minister. Here’s what you need to know about the project and its history.
Matthew McKenzie and Simone Grogan
Woodside has just 10 days to respond to the strict conditions imposed by the Federal Government before a final decision on the go-ahead is made.
Caitlyn Rintoul and Jessica Page
Santos boss Kevin Gallagher has launched a remarkable broadside on Victoria’s investment climate by comparing the State to North Korea, as the gas industry ramps up demands for red tape cuts.
Matthew McKenzie
Australia’s bid to list an area abundant in ancient Aboriginal rock art believed to be up to 50,000 years old has not gone according to plan.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Woodside boss Meg O’Neill has knocked back fresh concerns about ancient Indigenous rock art just days before a final Federal decision is due on the North West Shelf gas plant.
Matt Mckenzie, Cheyanne Enciso and Jessica Page
The boss of the nation’s biggest energy company has inflamed the culture war over climate change, accusing young Australians of waging war on fossil fuels while dressed in fast fashion.
Matt Mckenzie & Cheyanne Enciso
Former RBA governor Philip Lowe is worried Australia’s prosperity is at risk from political failures to fix productivity and the global move away from free trade.
Anthony Albanese will get a better deal from Donald Trump by taking Woodside, Rio Tinto and BHP to the White House, former ambassador Joe Hockey has declared.
Australia will struggle to compete in new industries — including AI and critical minerals — unless the weight of red tape and uncertainty in the LNG sector is lifted, Woodside boss Meg O’Neill will declare.
The crucial scientific report into industry’s impact on ancient Pilbara rock art has been released just days before a final call on the future of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas plant is due.
A bid to protect sacred rock art has created a potential hurdle to Environment Minister Murray Watt's efforts to decide on a massive gas project's extension.
Abe Maddison
Murray Watt has warned all sides will have to “give and take” as he met with the WA Premier and stakeholders, to launch a third attempt to overhaul environmental laws.
Jessica Page
New Environment Minister Murray Watt has vowed to make a decision on the extension of the mammoth North West Shelf project within a fortnight, and not delay it again.
Katina Curtis
Oil giant Saudi Aramco is in talks to buy a slice of Woodside Energy’s $27 billion Louisiana LNG project in the United States.
Woodside Energy is set for a fresh clash with environmentalists after regulators reopened consultation on the $30 billion Browse project.
The major funds and institutions will have a crack over a non-binding climate change report, but there is no real support for voting off directors or pulling it out of fossil fuels.
Sean Smith
Woodside boss Meg O’Neill hopes the planned life extension of the North West Shelf gas plant will be approved by the end of the month despite a potential post-election reshuffle of Anthony Albanese’s cabinet.
Woodside will be looking to fend off another legal challenge against Scarborough and have a gargantuan offshore platform towed over from China in time for the $US12.5 billion operation’s 2026 start date.
Energy giant AGL is considering a major expansion of the Kwinana Swift gas power station amid a wave of investment into the State’s electricity grid.
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