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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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Industrial development in Burrup, Western Australia which is home to the world's largest collection of rock art, as well as a recently lodged application to have the area listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. Save Our Songlines, the activist group is opposed to more industrial developments on the Burrup. Picture: Supplied

Perth Basin gas developers barred from export market

The WA government says the move will ensure domestic supplies, but critics insist it will curtail financing options for developments.

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emissionsRenewable energy & economy

Electric vehicles (EV) charge at a charging station in east London on November 18, 2020. - Britain will ban petrol and diesel vehicle sales from 2030 as part of a 10-point plan for a

AGL sweetens EV offering as demand accelerates

AGL Energy will offer customers who own an electric vehicle cheaper overnight charging, as it hopes to tap into the growing market.

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EnergyMining & Energy

$(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 8, 2019 employees walk along the Total Culzean platform on the North Sea, about 45 miles (70 kilometres) east of the Aberdeen, Europe's self-proclaimed oil capital on Scotland's northeast coast. - Following the energy shock from the war in Ukraine, the UK government will on April 7, 2022 outline a much-delayed energy strategy that will call for more renewable power from nuclear, wind and solar. But it will also likely give a controversial nod to more drilling for North Sea oil and gas, and the government is looking too into lifting a ban on fracking for shale gas on land. (Photo by Andy Buchanan / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Joseph SOTINEL$

Beach Energy fuels market angst with stagnant production

The result will stoke pressure on the oil and gas company to finally deliver on promised increases in production after several false dawns.

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ExclusiveMining & Energy

PM Julia Gillard visits the PNG LNG Processing Plant in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

PNG’s Kumul nears $US1.4bn deal with Santos

After being forced to twice extend its exclusive rights period to buy a 5 per cent stake in Papua LNG, the state-owned company’s boss says the deal is finally close.

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EnergyMining & Energy

29/09/22 - Loy Yang power station in the La Trobe valley. Aaron Francis / Herald Sun

AGL sees little power price relief

AGL Energy believes power prices will remain at high levels over the next two years as the industry grapples with a shift to renewables.

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EnergyRenewable energy & economy

General view taken as workers of electricity transmission operator TransnetBW assemble a 380-KV power line on a high-voltage power pole near Pforzheim, southern Germany, on August 3, 2023. TransnetBW operates the electricity transmission grid in Federal state Baden-Wuerttemberg and expands it with a new 12 kilometers long high-voltage line near this city. (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP)

High voltage changes lined up

Transmission line developers will have to engage early with the broad local community who may be affected by the installation of high voltage cables.

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BankingFinancial Services

Generic onshore gas images from Empire Energy's Carpentaria-2H well drill site in the NT.

CBA tightens screw on oil and gas lending

The decision by Australia’s biggest lender could be a template for others, tightening yet further access to capital to oil and gas developments just when the country is grappling with an energy crunch.

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EnergyRenewable energy & economy

ACEH, INDONESIA - MARCH 06: A local resident looks at the razed peatlands at the Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve in Trumon, South Aceh due to illegal land-clearing activities in Aceh, Indonesia on March 06, 2018. The 82,000-hectare conservation rainforest is part of the Leuser Ecosystem. Continuous encroachment has cut the forest down to 77,000 hectares. (Photo by Junaidi Hanafiah/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Local climate advisory firm to help Indonesia

An Australian climate advisory group has struck a deal with Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund to unlock and commercialise carbon credits in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.

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EnergyMining & Energy

Brett Woods, Santos Energy Solutions President at the Moomba Carbon Capture and Storage site. Picture: Supplied

Santos exec takes over reins at embattled Beach Energy

Embattled Beach Energy has named Brett Woods as its new CEO after the abrupt exit of Morne Engelbrecht, as the oil and gas company endures yet more upheaval.

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ExclusiveRenewable energy & economy

A new gas pipeline facility in Western Australia owned and developed by APA Group. Supplied: APA Group.

Gas isn’t transitional but a ‘forever fuel’

Australia is divided about the future of gas, but a top Chevron executive says gas will be needed forever, and the country could lead the world if it embraces carbon capture and storage.

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