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More than 1 million petroglyphs are scattered around Murujuga National Park, which overlooks Woodside’s Karratha operations.

Art activists in legal bid to kill massive Woodside gas project

The gas giant’s controversial project faces another hurdle as environmental activists launch an 11th-hour bid to overturn a state government approval.

  • Aaron Bunch and Emma Young

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Santos chief executive Kevin Gallagher.

Santos backs $30b takeover from Middle East oil giant

Santos is likely to be swallowed up by a consortium led by Abu Dhabi’s national oil company in a takeover worth $30 billion.

  • Simon Johanson and Natassia Chrysanthos
Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

Jim Chalmers faces a mission-critical national security test

The federal treasurer will have to decide if Australia should risk allowing the sale of significant gas assets to what is essentially a foreign-government-owned company.

  • Elizabeth Knight
North West Shelf protesters outside Perth MP Patrick Gorman’s office on Friday morning.

Woodside secures extension to respond to North West Shelf conditions

The government had set conditions understood to be around the potential impact on ancient nearby Aboriginal rock art. Woodside had until Friday to respond.

  • Hamish Hastie
Scott Reef is near the site of Woodside’s Browse plans.

Woodside’s key Browse oil spill-stopping tech dismissed by fellow LNG giant

Chevron said the technology had not yet been deployed in Australia and had only been deployed “a limited number of times internationally for subsea applications”.

  • Hamish Hastie
Gulliver’s gas wells on the shores of King Sound.

Moving on before cleaning up: Gas wells spark fears for the Kimberley

Dangerous and damaged oil and gas infrastructure has been left in WA’s north. Now the government must hope a Chinese holding company pays for the clean-up.

  • Emma Young
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In one awful decision, Albanese has revealed his do-nothing plan

If you want to govern effectively, you have to be prepared to stand up to powerful interest groups. It’s now clear Albanese isn’t prepared to do that.

  • Ross Gittins
The “Two Face” mural depicted a Labor Party caught between environmental and economic demands.

Community right to feel Albanese having it both ways on climate

The clear sense of betrayal from some and relief from others suggests many are not sure where the government stands on carbon.

  • The Age's View

Albanese’s gas project extension is a mistake - but it’s not too late

Labor came to government in 2022 with a climate mandate and voters have once again backed it to protect the environment. But it has failed at the first test.

  • Carmen Lawrence
Labor governments are acting on their beliefs that more gas is needed to back up renewables.

Australia’s renewable energy shift to be powered by gas

Labor governments around the country have dropped their resistance to the fossil fuel and will ensure gas is essential to the grid for decades to come.

  • Mike Foley, Nick Toscano and Kieran Rooney

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