Perry Williams

Perry Williams is The Australian’s Business Editor. He was previously a senior reporter covering energy and has also worked at Bloomberg and the Australian Financial Review as resources editor and deputy companies editor.

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Former PM John Howard and Former Governor-General, General Sir Peter Cosgrove reflect on Australia's INTERFET role in East Timor, at a UNSW seminar marking 20 years since East Timor's independence referendum, at Defence Headquarters in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Aussie bank’s Timor talks

Australia’s $2bn infrastructure bank is in talks with East Timor to fund a $500m pipeline to a proposed gas plant.

Ben Packham and Perry Williams

EnergyMining & Energy

A day in the life on the Cobia Oil Rig in the Bass Straight.

Exxon to exit Bass Strait

Exxon confirms DataRoom report that its $3.6bn stake in the oil and gas field is on the market.

Perry Williams

bylong coal decisionMining & Energy

The pristine country side of the small NSW town of Bylong which is under pressure from coal mining companies .

Mine refusal’s climate link

NSW planning commission denies Bylong thermal coal project amid groundwater damage fears.

Perry Williams

EnergyMining & Energy

Woodside LNG (liquefied natural gas) tanker carrying a cargo from the North West Shelf Project, Western Australia.

One event could blacken gas

A single ‘cataclysmic’ event could be enough for governments to shatter the gas industry, Woodside says.

Perry Williams

EXCLUSIVEMining & Energy

Liberal National Party Senator Matt Canavan talks with the media regarding the Adani coal mine. Picture: Zak Simmonds

Don’t pull gas trigger: Origin

Power giant Origin Energy has warned the federal government against expanding its gas export trigger.

Perry Williams

saudi strikesMining & Energy

This satellite overview handout image obtained September 16, 2019 courtesy of Planet Labs Inc. shows damage to oil/gas infrastructure from weekend drone attacks at Abqaig on September 14 2019 in Saudi Arabia. - Drone attacks on key Saudi oil facilities have halved crude output from OPEC's biggest exporter, catapulting oil prices by the largest amount since the first Gulf War. The crisis has focused minds on unrest in the crude-rich Middle East, with Tehran denying Washington's charge that it was responsible.Brent oil prices leapt 20 percent on Monday to chalk up the biggest intra-day daily gain since 1991. (Photo by HO / PLANET LABS INC. / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Planet Labs Inc. / HO" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS == NO ARCHIVE

IEA plan to boost oil reserves

The International Energy Agency says it is working on a long-term plan with Australia to fix its low oil stocks.

Perry Williams

EnergyMining & Energy

Petrol prices around Adelaide, Wednesday, March 28, 2018. United on Prospect Rd at Blair Athol. (AAP Image/ Brenton Edwards)

Oil chaos looms after strike

Oil markets face heightened volatility after attacks on Saudi Arabian facilities spurred record price rises.

Perry Williams

EnergyMining & Energy

Smoke fills the sky at the Abqaiq oil processing facility on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019 in Saudi Arabia. Drones claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked the world's largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oilfield operated by Saudi Aramco early Saturday, sparking a huge fire at a processor crucial to global energy supplies. (Validated UGC via AP)

Oil attack won’t be the last

Saudi Arabia’s vulnerable oil infrastructure can be “attacked at will”, analysts say.

Samantha Bailey and Perry Williams

EnergyMining & Energy

Is this Melbourne most dangerous job? working with 100 000 Volts at over 50 meters a worker from Zinfra works on the newly moved power lines along side the new West Gate Tunnel. He uses a hand propelled platform suspended on the wires themselves, near Yarravile. Picture: Jason Edwards

Call to fast-track ‘demand response’

Big energy users want demand response rules to be fast-tracked and extended into the wholesale market to thwart blackouts.

Perry Williams and Andrew White

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The Tumut Pond reservoir in the Snowy Mountains.Photo by Rohan Thomson5 September 2019

Behind Snowy’s battery bet

Negative pricing is spreading from renewables-heavy SA along the eastern seaboard.

Perry Williams

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