Gas
Opinion
Energy
Gas is burning our climate faster, and Australia’s part of the problem
Gas will be part of our energy mix but, despite industry claims, new gas production and infrastructure is not needed in the transition to renewable energy.
- by Lesley Hughes
Latest
Greens to call News Corp execs to greenwashing inquiry over gas ads
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says News Corp should explain its alleged attempt to disguise paid “propaganda” as news.
- by Calum Jaspan
Analysis
Energy
It’s dumb, but gas-rich Australia has little option but to import gas
Australia is one of the largest LNG exporters behind the US, so why are its most populous states at risk of running out?
- by Mike Foley
Victoria, NSW risk gas shortages unless they turn to imports
Homes and businesses are in danger as soon as the winter of 2026 as local supplies fall far more quickly than demand.
- by Nick Toscano
Green group to pay millions after failed bid to thwart Santos pipeline
Australia’s top climate legal service will pay $9 million to gas giant Santos after a court rejected its bid to block a pipeline near the Tiwi Islands.
- by Nick Toscano
Opinion
Oil
Forget Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ mantra. The oil giants won’t go for it
Donald Trump wants a massive boost in US oil production to lower US petrol prices. The oil bosses, however, are more interested in boosting shareholder returns.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Exclusive
Whales
‘Doesn’t pass the pub test’: Push for moratorium on seismic blasting
More than 2000 seismic surveys have been conducted in waters off Australia since the 1960s, as companies map the seabed to prospect for new oil and gas reserves.
- by Bianca Hall
Hancock Prospecting inks $1.1 billion gas deal with Mineral Resources
Gina Rinehart will spend up to $1.1 billion to acquire Mineral Resources’ Lockyer gas project and half of its remaining onshore assets in WA, ending weeks of speculation.
- by Jesinta Burton
‘Gas is here to stay’: Opposition pledges public funds for fossil fuels
Opposition energy spokesman Ted O’Brien has opened a new battle in the climate wars, backing industry calls for public funds for new gas plants.
- by Mike Foley
Exclusive
Energy
Victorians paying top dollar for carbon credits, triggering green-scheme overhaul
A tonne of carbon removed from the atmosphere costs up to three times more under Victoria’s gas removal program than in similar schemes across Australia – and it’s passed onto consumers in their power bills.
- by Kieran Rooney
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.
- by Nick Toscano