September 2024
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- International students
Capping overseas students will trigger recession: economists
Australia’s commodities surge is over. Yet, the booming $50bn education sector is the subject of ferocious cuts with dire consequences.
- Julie Hare
December 2022
Budget on track for slim $600m surplus in 2022
The federal budget is tipped for a slim $600 million surplus in 2022 after the latest government monthly financial statements showed the commodity price boom delivering record company taxes.
- Ronald Mizen
Gas producers face $50m penalty for breaching price cap
Gas producers selling a molecule in the wholesale market above the $12 per gigajoule price cap could face $50 million or more in penalties.
- Elouise Fowler
RBA’s pandemic policies did not work, says former deputy governor
The RBA has faced a series of claims and recommendations in submissions to the independent review of the central bank that were made public on Thursday.
- Ronald Mizen
October 2020
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Government flags sensible backflip on gas
Thankfully, the Morrison government is back-pedalling on the resources nationalism that would add even more uncertainty and political risk to gas investment.
- The AFR View
April 2020
LNG woes in spotlight as junior's cash runs out
The weak oil price is rapidly flowing through to the LNG sector, with expected lower revenues among exporters and an ASX-listed US terminal developer facing an urgent cash crunch.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
February 2020
Billions at stake as coronavirus sparks commodity crisis
Billions in LNG, coal and iron ore contracts with China are at risk of being re-negotiated in the wake of the coronavirus, as lawyers face off over "force majeure" claims.
- Patrick Durkin
October 2019
Local market disconnected from global reality: BP
The tyranny of distance melded with policy inertia on production driving many of the problems in eastern Australia's gas market set it apart from the rest of the world.
- Mark Eggleton
May 2019
US-China trade war hits LNG Ltd's US project hopes
The tariff dispute between the two major economies has also stalled LNG business across the entire market, the junior said.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
March 2019
Energy investors unfazed as stocks hit by Norway divestment plan
Investors in local oil and gas stocks are watching if any domestic pension funds follows Norway's huge government fund in stepping away from the sector.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
October 2018
LNG delays Magnolia project go-ahead amid US-China spat; shares dive
ASX-listed LNG said it is delaying a final decision on building its US-based Magnolia LNG plant as it has run into problems lining up Chinese customers.
- Sonali Paul
September 2018
Global Energy Ventures eyes CNG to bring PNG gas to Qld
Gas industry veteran Maurice Brand has turned his attention from LNG to compressed natural gas and may bring Papua New Guinea gas to Queensland.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
January 2017
Donald Trump policies to help with LNG Ltd marketing push
The Trump administration's pro-energy policies have played into the hands of aspiring US gas exporter Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd as it seeks to get its $US4.35 billion Magnolia project in Louisiana back on track.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
June 2016
Blackmores to replace Spotless Group in ASX100
Vitamins and supplement supplier Blackmores has been promoted to the Australian sharemarket's list of top 100 companies.
- Updated
LNG Ltd soars on takeover rumour
Shares in the aspiring US gas exporter Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd are now up 66 per cent this week.
- Updated
- Perry Williams
LNG Ltd shares surge 50pc over three days
Shares in LNG Ltd surged 21 per cent, a day after it told the Australian Stock Exchange it was unaware of why the shares had run up sharply.
- Updated
December 2015
Contrarian investment can be painful
If you're a contrarian investor you see value where others don't – but you can still lose money.
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- Philip Baker
LNG Ltd suffers market confidence crisis as customer deals delayed
A crisis of investor confidence has engulfed aspiring US gas exporter Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd., wiping more than 20 per cent from the value of the former market darling this week alone.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Further oil price weakness to test producers' capex, cost targets
A further slide in oil prices to near seven-year lows is putting extra strain on local producers' capex budgets and cost targets for 2016, while asset write-downs appear to have become a near certainty for some.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Salary Survey 2015: Show of hands keeps lid on 'strikes' against pay reports
Mining and mid-cap companies continue to flout the rules on shareholder voting, disregarding large protest votes to wave through executive bonuses.
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- Patrick Durkin