Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

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

Dutton’s Australian gas scheme could spark a High Court battle with fossil fuel giants and legal experts warn the policy appears discriminatory.

  • Nick Toscano andMike Foley

Latest

Chevron’s Gorgon LNG plant on Barrow Island off Western Australia.

EPA urges Chevron to overhaul environmental panels,pull staff to safeguard integrity

WA’s environmental watchdog has recommended Chevron pull staff from expert panels governing quarantine at its Gorgon gas project on Barrow Island to prevent their impartiality being compromised.

  • Jesinta Burton
Barrow Island inhabitants include small kangaroos,big perentie lizards,turtles and many native fauna species eradicated from the mainland.

State must crack down on Chevron’s toxic soil use in WA,say advocates

The US oil and gas giant is “privileged” to operate its export plant in a biodiversity haven off the WA coast. But the pollution of the site has become a concern.

  • Emma Young
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

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

The Coalition is facing pressure to explain how its plan to cause a gas glut will lead to sustained bill relief,as experts rubbish its new modelling.

  • Nick Toscano

Energy’s a big part of living costs,but fixing it won’t be cheap

Voters seem permanently obsessed with energy prices,and they’ve figured in most election campaigns for decades. But it’s mainly been smoke and mirrors.

  • Ross Gittins
Dutton

Dutton reveals details of campaign pledge to cut power prices

After years attacking Anthony Albanese for his broken promise to lower power prices,Peter Dutton has made a campaign pledge of his own.

  • Paul Sakkal andMike Foley
Advertisement
Woodside’s Louisiana LNG site.

Woodside firms up US export dream despite oil price plunge

Australia’s biggest energy company is edging closer to approving a huge liquefied gas project in the US,even as Donald Trump’s tariff war sends commodity prices tumbling.

  • Nick Toscano
Over the past four years,there has been an 11-petajoule decline in gas consumption from industrial users in Victoria.

Gas use has fallen as manufacturers close. Some say this spells economic trouble

Closures of large gas-reliant manufacturers have helped spare Victoria from gas shortages. But it has raised alarms over the state’s economy.

  • Kieran Rooney andHannah Kennelly
Peter Dutton says he will create a gas reservation for the east coast of Australia.

More fossil fuels? Inside Peter Dutton’s shock new gas proposal

The opposition leader’s Robin Hood-like plan may sound like a dream in theory,but lowering household energy bills is a bit more complex in reality.

  • Bronte Gossling
While Australia is one of the world’s top shippers of LNG,most of that gas is produced in Queensland or WA,and is sold on long-term contracts to buyers in Asia.

Dutton’s gas plan will chill investment,warns global energy giant

Global energy major Shell is warning Peter Dutton that his plan to curb Australia’s gas exports will stunt investment and fail to boost supplies of the fuel.

  • Nick Toscano