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afr.com | Angela Macdonald-Smith |Simon Evans
Apr 10, 2025 – 1.09pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Santos chief executive Kevin Gallagher has rejected speculation that he is about to step down after nine years of leading Australia’s second-biggest natural gas producer, while taking a swipe at politicians over the handling of the energy transition.
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4 weeks ago | 
afr.com | Angela Macdonald-Smith |Tom Rabe
Mar 27, 2025 – 6.22pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The gas industry fears Labor’s deferral of a decision on extending the North West Shelf gas plant until after the federal election could have a chilling effect on key approvals for other major projects, including Santos’ $5.8 billion Barossa venture.
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afr.com | Lap Phan |Angela Macdonald-Smith |Tom Rabe |Ryan Cropp
Angela Macdonald-Smith, Tom Rabe and Ryan CroppMar 26, 2025 – 3.21pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The Albanese government has pushed back a decision on extending the Woodside-run North West Shelf gas venture by 40 years until after the May federal election, potentially passing it into the hands of a minority government.
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1 month ago | 
afr.com | Tom Rabe |Angela Macdonald-Smith |Ryan Cropp
The Albanese Labor government has pledged more than $800 million in production incentives to a green hydrogen development in remote Western Australia, defying mounting scepticism over the future of the country’s green fuel industry. Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ Murchison project, based north of Kalbarri on Western Australia’s Mid West coast, is the first project to secure backing from the Albanese government’s multi-billion dollar Hydrogen Headstart fund. Loading...
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2 months ago | 
afr.com | Angela Macdonald-Smith |Patrick Durkin
A bitter stand-off between the Victorian and federal Labor governments over how to deliver the ambitious rollout of the state’s $100 billion offshore wind plans is threatening to deepen the state’s energy crisis. Victorian Minister for Ports Melissa Horne told AFR Weekend the state government is pushing ahead with plans to use its Port of Hastings as an offshore wind hub, 13 months after federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek vetoed the choice on environmental grounds. Loading...
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2 months ago | 
afr.com | Angela Macdonald-Smith |Tom Rabe
The Albanese government has been accused of playing politics over the huge proposed extension of the Woodside-run North West Shelf gas project after it deferred its decision until after the West Australian election. The decision had been due by February 28 but will now come by March 31, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s spokeswoman said late on Tuesday. Loading...
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2 months ago | 
afr.com | Mark Wembridge |Angela Macdonald-Smith |Tom Rabe
CompaniesEnergyGasIt’s either crucial to energy security, or a climate disaster in the making. Labor will have to decide whether to let the LNG operation run another 50 years. Mark Wembridge, Angela Macdonald-Smith and Tom RabeFeb 10, 2025 – 8.00pm or Subscribe to save articleEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?
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2 months ago | 
afr.com | Patrick Durkin |Angela Macdonald-Smith
The boss of gas producer Beach Energy says Victoria is unavoidably headed for an energy crisis like New Zealand’s because the Labor state government has realised too late that it needs more gas supply to support the transition to renewables. Beach Energy chief executive Brett Woods’ sharp criticism of the Victorian government was echoed by CEO Meg O’Neill of Woodside Energy, Australia’s largest natural gas producer, who warned that ideology had killed appetite for new gas investment in the state.
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2 months ago | 
afr.com | Mark Wembridge |Angela Macdonald-Smith
The Environmental Defenders Office has rejected concerns it is headed for collapse despite admitting that its $9 million failed legal action against gas giant Santos had raised questions over its future. The taxpayer-funded green law charity said it had secured a $6.5 million interest-free loan to keep it afloat after posting an $8.6 million loss following its unsuccessful attempt to stop Santos’ Barossa gas project in the Northern Territory. Loading...
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2 months ago | 
afr.com | Angela Macdonald-Smith |Paul Smith
China’s artificial intelligence challenger DeepSeek has punctured expectations of a boom in electricity demand from the world’s energy-hungry data centres as assumptions about the sophistication of the AI era are tested by the Chinese start-up’s arrival. Investors are concerned that more energy-efficient deployment of AI, as demonstrated by DeepSeek’s claim of requiring fewer chips than Silicon Valley bots, could cut long-term demand for gas.
