Nick Toscano

Melbourne

Journalist at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, covering energy and resources. Contact me [email protected] | Secure email: [email protected]

Articles

‘Looks and smells like a tax’: Dutton’s gas plan flagged as unconstitutional

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Nick Toscano |Mike Foley

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‘Looks and smells like a tax’: Dutton’s gas plan flagged as unconstitutional

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Nick Toscano |Mick Foley

By Nick Toscano and Mike Foley April 17, 2025 — 12.03pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s “Australian gas for Australians” scheme risks violating the Constitution and provoking an expensive High Court battle with fossil fuel giants, as prominent legal experts warn the Coalition policy appears to be a discriminatory tax regime.
Australian petrol prices to tumble further amid turmoil on global oil market

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Nick Toscano

By Nick Toscano April 15, 2025 — 12.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Petrol prices across most Australian capital cities are tipped to fall further in the lead-up to the Easter and Anzac Day long weekends as global oil markets remain in turmoil over fears Donald Trump’s tariff war will batter the global economy and crush demand for energy.
Australian petrol prices to tumble further amid turmoil on global oil market

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Nick Toscano

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‘Unanswered questions’: Dutton’s plan to cut gas bills under fire from experts

2 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Nick Toscano

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‘Unanswered questions’: Dutton’s plan to cut gas bills under fire from experts

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Nick Toscano

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is facing pressure to explain how his plan to cause a gas glut in eastern Australia will lead to sustained energy bill relief, as experts and industry leaders rubbish the Coalition’s modelling for failing to understand how the market works.
‘Unanswered questions’: Dutton’s plan to cut gas bills under fire from experts

2 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Nick Toscano

The Coalition’s “Australian gas for Australians” scheme – a pitch to voters struggling with energy bills and other living costs – would force exporters of super-chilled liquefied natural gas (LNG) to hold back a significant amount of their “uncontracted” volumes to shore up domestic supplies.
Woodside LNG project in United States edges closer with Louisiana deal

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Nick Toscano

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australian energy giant Woodside is edging closer to approving a huge liquefied gas project in the United States, even as oil and gas prices plunge on fears that Donald Trump’s tariff war will unleash economic turmoil and crush demand for fuel.
Mining sector urges Peter Dutton not to class gas a critical mineral if Coalition wins election

2 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Nick Toscano |Simon Johanson

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Mining sector urges Peter Dutton not to class gas a critical mineral if Coalition wins election

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Nick Toscano |Simon Johanson

By Nick Toscano and Simon Johanson April 7, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Mining companies vying to develop Australia’s deposits of coveted minerals needed in products as diverse as electric cars, smartphones and military hardware are pressing the Coalition to walk back an election pledge to let fossil-fuel drillers access their industry’s cheap loans facility.