Business has cautiously backed the Federal Government’s target to slash emissions by 2035 but warned the scale of investment needed to reach the goal will be huge.
Matt Mckenzie & Adrian Rauso
Encouraging Australians to go electric at home, work and on the road is key to the success of the government’s Net Zero Plan, but the government’s modelling has outlined the challenges in doing so.
Rhianna Mitchell
Santos boss Kevin Gallagher has come under immediate pressure to change tack after a third failed bid to sell the energy group revived investor questions about its leadership and strategy.
Sean Smith
The State Government has upended years of concern that WA will need a dramatic expansion of the power grid by 2030 in order to switch off coal.
Matt Mckenzie
Takeover target Santos has revealed it had expressed concerns about delays in finalising a deal before its suitors eventually pulled the plug just days before an offer was due on the table.
Daniel Newell
Abu Dhabi National Oil Co has walked away from a proposed $30 billion offer for natural gas producer Santos, saying a ‘combination of factors’ discouraged it from making a final bid.
Daniel Newell and Anthony Di Paola
An Aboriginal Cultural Heritage declaration to protect rock art on the Burrup Peninsula has come under fire after it emerged industrial emissions were exempt from the ruling.
Producers looking to make fuels domestically from canola, sorghum, sugar or waste can share $1.1 billion in incentives and grants designed to turbocharge the biofuel industry.
Katina Curtis
There are growing calls for Australia to harness big buildings to capture solar energy, as a report found only one fifth of available roof space is used.
Rachael Ward
The chief executive of BHP has warned that Australia’s high electricity costs could see the country lose out on big investment dollars to the likes of Canada and the United States.
Adrian Rauso
Revelations by Your Money that seniors were being turned away from the State Government’s new solar battery rebate scheme have triggered a significant review of the program.
Nick Bruining
Woodside’s North West Shelf gas processing plant has been given final approval to keep operating until 2070 with 48 strict conditions aimed at protecting nearby ancient Indigenous rock art.
The EPA has green-lit plans to treble the size of a gas power station in Kwinana as WA scrambles to get ready for the closure of coal generators by 2030.
Households and small businesses will be warned if they are paying more than necessary under a reform designed to encourage more people switch plans.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Environment Minister Murray Watt The Federal minister has given notice to Murujuga traditional owner Raelene Cooper of the imminent decision over the Woodside proposal.
Woodside Energy has inked a 15-year deal with Petronas to ship liquefied natural gas to Malaysia as the south east Asian country ups energy imports.
East coast customers have access to dual energy bills that come with greater savings on electricity charges.
BHP has fired back after being put on notice by Roger Cook over their “moral obligation” to decarbonise, a day after he carved a path for faster project approvals.
Jessica Page and Simone Grogan
Alcoa is stepping up efforts to secure long-term gas supply by chipping in $US30 million to fund engineering work for Western Gas’s proposed Equus project.
Australia could squander the opportunity to export green iron to the world if it does not pursue renewable hydrogen for its production, analysts say.
Shell is exploring the sale of its interest in the $34 billion North West Shelf LNG export plant in the Pilbara, sources have revealed
Stephen Stapczynski
Regulators have slammed the State’s biggest privately-owned power generator after the company allegedly overcharged $66 million through anti-competitive behaviour.
The Cook Government is ‘confident’ that the risk of a power shortage this summer will be avoided but questions have been raised over why the state is struggling to keep the lights on.
Charlton Hart
A liquefied natural gas export plant in the Northern Territory leaked methane for almost two decades, according to a local environmental group.
Keira Wright
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