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Colin Packham is the energy reporter at The Australian. He was previously at The Australian Financial Review and Reuters in Sydney and Canberra.

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Queensland Gas LNG (APLNG ConocoPhillips)

LNG export giant urges overhaul of gas market

Australia’s largest gas exporter, APLNG, has slammed ‘band-aid’ market fixes, demanding reforms that include stopping companies buying domestic gas for export.

EnergyMining & Energy

14/8/24: Ryan Stokes on SGH results day, John Feder/The Australian.

Net zero must go and safeguard is a tax on industry, says Stokes

One of Australia’s influential business leaders says the federal government’s climate policy threatens the nation’s energy security and household budgets.

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The Munmorah Power Station on the Central Coast where the new battery will be installed. Picture by Peter Lorimer

Fault in NSW’s biggest battery stirs anxiety around power prices

NSW’s largest grid battery faces a year-long delay after two transformers were damaged during testing, threatening power supply and raising the potential for higher prices come winter 2026.

energyMining & Energy

Tilt Renewables' Dundonnell wind farm under construction. Picture: SUPPLIED

AGL sells Tilt stake for $750m to fund green push

The deal is a boost to AGL, which is under mounting pressure to decarbonise while protecting shareholder returns.

ExclusiveMining & Energy

APA Group pipeline that will connect gas from the Beetaloo Basin to the Northern Territory grid. Picture - Supplied,

NT hits back at ‘east coast hypocrisy’ over Beetaloo gas

The battle over Northern Territory’s controversial Beetaloo Basin has intensified as the government defends plans to unlock vast gas reserves against fierce environmental opposition.

Woodside Energy CEO Meg O’Neill

Woodside looks offshore as Australia becomes too difficult

Woodside may still call Australia home, but chief executive Meg O’Neill said it cannot compete for project capital when stacked up against the US.

EnergyMining & Energy

06/03/2020: Barracouta gas field rig in Bass Strait. . PIC: Sharon Walker

US energy giant breaks Victoria’s exploration strike drilling offshore

A race against time has begun in Victoria’s coastal waters as US giant ConocoPhillips drills for new gas reserves ahead of predicted ‘catastrophic’ supply gaps.

EnergyRenewable energy & economy

JANUARY 31, 2025: Moomba gas plant owned by Santos. Picture: Brenton Edwards

Historic award to Santos ‘proves carbon capture is viable’

Santos has made history by receiving a record number of carbon credits for its Moomba project in SA’s far north, which it says proves the viability of the technology that’s derided by some.

(FILES) Picture taken on September 4, 2023 shows windmills at the Nysted Offshore Wind Farm constructed by Danish windpower giant Orsted in 2002-2003 in the Baltic Sea near Gedser in Denmark. Danish offshore wind energy giant Orsted announced on October 9, 2025 plans to cut 2,000 jobs, or a quarter of its workforce, by 2027 as its business struggles in the United States. (Photo by Thomas Traasdahl / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT

Offshore wind developers demand clarity as Victoria and Canberra tussle

Victoria is struggling to secure the federal support that it needs to proceed with a critical auction. The state has asked the Albanese government to cover as much as 50 per cent of the financial risk, a proposal viewed in Canberra as excessive.

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4/05/17 Loy Yang A power station in the Latrobe Valley. Aaron Francis/The Australian

AGL slashes jobs amid $20bn green energy shift

AGL Energy is preparing to shed hundreds of jobs as Australia’s second-largest power retailer and generator accelerates efforts to fund its multibillion-dollar transition away from coal.

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