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‘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
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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
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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
By modern standards it’s small, but this Japanese tanker is causing big shockwaves
Might the test ship Excool be a breakthrough in trapping and transporting gas emissions to places like Australia for storage underground?
- by Nick O'Malley
Australia running risk of gas crunch next winter, warns ACCC
Homes and business in eastern Australia are running short of gas amid new warnings that supplies are tightening ahead of next winter.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
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Coalition pushes gas as nuclear stopgap, but PM says Dutton won’t ‘come clean’
Australia’s use of gas will be an election flashpoint as the Coalition pledges to keep more for local use to fuel the party’s nuclear ambitions.
- by Paul Sakkal
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Onshore gas companies now have six years to sell their product overseas
Under the new policy, companies like Mineral Resources and Strike Energy with onshore gas tenements will be allowed to export 20 per cent of the commodity extracted until the end of 2030.
- by Hamish Hastie
Plibersek intervenes in giant ‘climate bomb’ gas project
Tanya Plibersek has stepped into a fracking debate as she fights multiple political battles on the environment.
- by Mike Foley
Australia is a top gas exporter. Should it start to import it now too?
A plan to start importing giant shipments of liquefied gas reopened for approval amid worries of an east-coast energy crunch.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
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