19 . 09 . 2024
WA opens narrow window for onshore gas exports
The West Australian government will allow onshore gas producers to export a portion of their output to international markets to boost investment in the sector and prevent future domestic shortfalls, but has stopped short of imposing tougher measures on offshore producers.
19 . 09 . 2024
WA gas exports from onshore projects to be allowed until 2031 under revised state policy
Some of Australia's richest industrialists will be allowed for the first time to send Western Australia's gas overseas after the state government opened up onshore reserves to exports.
18 . 09 . 2024
Chevron boss blames Joe Biden for pushing up energy prices
Chevron boss Mike Wirth has attacked the Biden administration’s oil and gas policy, saying it was pushing up prices and “undermining energy security” for US allies.
18 . 09 . 2024
Senex Energy advances $1bn expansion play in Queensland
Senex Energy has confirmed it expects to start drilling at its Roma North gas development in Queensland, as part of the company's $1 billion Atlas and Roma North expansion project to boost domestic gas supply.
17 . 09 . 2024
Tax and debt time bomb will hurt young Aussies, BCA chief warns
Labor and the Coalition are consigning younger generations to a future of higher taxes, ballooning government debt and poorer living standards, Business Council of Australia chief executive Bran Black will warn.
17 . 09 . 2024
Chief executives in full voice with shirtfront for Anthony Albanese
Chief executives of the nation’s biggest companies are warning Australia is “losing our way” and taking “steps backwards” under Labor, with the Business Council of Australia taking a shot at Anthony Albanese for accusing disgruntled employers of “talking Australia down”.
16 . 09 . 2024
Editorial: Greens deals risk our economic security
At the last election, just one in eight Australians voted for the Greens.
While their 12.5 per cent was a high point, it is worth highlighting that 87.5 per cent of Australians did not support the radical left party.
16 . 09 . 2024
Greens, Teals plan to see Qld gas royalties run dry
Billions of dollars in gas royalties funnelled into Queensland government coffers would dry up in a decade under a Greens and Teal proposal to ban new development, new modelling for the sector reveals.
06 . 09 . 2024
Farmers slam call to create huge forest to reduce emissions
Australia may need to convert an area the size of Belgium into forest to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, according to a Climate Change Authority report that has sparked fierce criticism from farmers, who say it would harm food production.
05 . 09 . 2024
Sea snake’s endangered declaration sparks call to halt Woodside Energy’s Browse gas project
A little-known species of sea snake is shaping as the latest threat to Woodside Energy’s $US20bn ($29.7bn) Browse gas project, with Tanya Plibersek’s own department calling for an “urgent review” of Browse and other Timor Sea energy projects after the dusky sea snake was formally declared endangered.
Hancock Energy is a Hancock Prospecting company.
