This Month
Is Australia selling off its energy security to the UAE?
While the government should typically avoid interfering in commercial decisions, safeguarding Australia’s future gas supplies is paramount.
RBA should take over ASX management
Readers’ letters on the need for ASX reform, AI innovation, the housing crisis and why income-splitting should be allowed.
‘Bailing out bad decisions’: Queensland slams Victoria over gas supply
Any hopes of pulling more gas from the north was shot down by the Liberal-National government in Brisbane, which is fed up with southern energy policies.
Victoria uses 13pc of entire year’s gas budget in just three days
Breakdowns at a major coal power plant and weak renewable energy generation have left the state running down its stores faster than expected in a cold winter.
Labor is adrift on gas policy. Here’s why that’s bad
Without a clear strategy, Labor leaves the field open to those who insist we should stop all gas now, and those who argue that gas will be around for many decades yet.
Albanese praises Western Australia’s gas reservation policy
The Albanese government will conduct a review energy policy including whether a portion of gas produced on the east coast should be reserved to avoid energy shortages.
Future gas reservation won’t get us over ‘valley of death’: energy CEO
EnergyQuest chief executive Rick Wilkinson said a prospective change to reserves was “unlikely to solve the problem” of Australia’s east coast gas shortage.
May
Victoria clears path for local gas imports as shortage looms
The decision to greenlight a proposed gas import terminal could allow it to compete for future underwriting support.
North West Shelf green light signals warming to gas
It’s welcome acknowledgment gas will play a key role in the important net zero energy transformation that is proving longer, harder and more costly than first thought.
Queensland hits out at ‘ideological’ Victorian energy policy
The state energy minister says the cancellation of a major wind farm project should not deter new renewables investment.
Gas companies ask for seat at the subsidy table
The industry lobby says a major review of the electricity market should be considering government support for new gas power generation.
April
Woodside’s Louisiana gas exposes Australia’s strategic energy error
Rather than block gas development, Australia should encourage gas as a back-up for renewables and as a replacement for coal in Asia.
Japan warns on Dutton’s gas reservation policy
A Tokyo think tank says limiting sales into the regional spot market could “handicap” Australian producers and trim Japanese trading in South-East Asia.
No election road out of Australia’s energy perdition
The election contest between Labor’s faltering subsided renewables policy and the Coalition’s nationalised nuclear pipedream does not inspire confidence.
March
No savings estimate for consumers from Dutton’s gas plan
Gas producers would be hit with financial penalties if they refused to divert more uncontracted gas to the domestic market, the Coalition has confirmed.
Santos breaks ranks on Dutton’s gas plan
The gas producer looks set to emerge as a winner under the Coalition’s gas policy, despite it being widely blamed for the risk of shortages on the east coast.
Why I’m backing keeping Australian gas at home
More gas doesn’t mean cheaper energy, it just means more exports and bigger profits for the companies producing it.
Victoria’s gas switch to cost households $5.8b: report
The Allan government’s plan to force people to replace broken down appliances with electric ones could cost more than first thought, according to new research.
Timor-Leste hands most new mining licences to Australian groups
The developing nation is thought to hold deposits of copper, gold, zinc and manganese, as well as rare earths and other critical minerals.
Time to take politics out of the energy debate
Spreading misinformation about the impacts of offshore wind takes advantage of, and feeds into, legitimate community concerns and apprehensions.