A whopping $7 billion of subsidies are being tipped into government-owned Synergy this decade as scrutiny over the electricity retailer’s monopoly status grows
Matt Mckenzie
A union campaign targeting overseas labour hired by Monadelphous for the massive Prelude gas project has formed part of a sacked worker’s case against the engineering group in the Fair Work Commission.
Rebecca Le May
Australian consumers are facing 'volatile' conditions, a regulator has warned, and may need stronger protections against harm.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Construction of a new wind farm in the Northern Wheatbelt will start on Thursday in the latest step towards the State Government’s 2030 energy target.
Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen will use a National Press Club address to announce a significant expansion of the government's solar power program.
Lucinda Garbutt-Young
Construction on the final stage of a hydrogen research project in Perth’s south will start in March after Pacific Energy was picked for the job.
President Donald Trump scolded ExxonMobil and Chevron for their soaring profits, as oil prices surged amid the war in Iran he launched in February alongside Israel.
Courtney Subramanian and Kevin Crowley
Former Woodside boss Peter Coleman has urged greater transparency in Australia’s foreign investment regime, warning of a “nearly impossible environment” for business.
More small or medium-sized renewable energy projects could win loans as part of a multimillion-dollar scheme to address a gap in Australia's energy plans.
Motorists, truckies and farmers will be hit with higher fuel prices following the end of a tax cut, as servos are warned about potential price hikes.
Lucinda Garbutt-Young and Tess Ikonomou
It’s not a perfect solution but with this week’s six-month anniversary of the US war against Iran proving Operation Epic Fury is an epic f*** up, Australia is going to have to pull itself up by its bootstraps.
Ben Harvey
His tenures on the boards of Woodside and global miner Rio Tinto have given the former WA Treasurer a lick of big company experience to take on one of the country’s toughest and most prominent chair roles.
Sean Smith
Time is of the essence for Gair Landsborough as the new boss of Western Power pushes down the pedal on WA’s energy transition.
Oil steadied at the end of a volatile week, with prices on track for the biggest monthly gain since March as the US-Iran war escalated.
Kanoko Matsuyama and Gabriel Levin
Two contractors who witnessed the horrifying death of their colleague on a Woodside gas platform off the Pilbara coast have launched civil action against their employer and the energy giant.
Taxpayer-owned Synergy has been given another slap by regulators after an administrative mix-up over four customers with life support equipment.
The company that owns one of Australia's two oil refineries says the Middle East war underscores the need to keep that capability, as the conflict continues.
Kaaren Morrissey
Investigations into the horrific death of a worker on a gas platform off the Pilbara coast more than three years ago are yet to be publicly released or result in any charges.
Rebecca Le May and Sean Smith
With seawater regularly consuming half its land, one Pacific nation wants world leaders to see the effects of climate change up close.
Higher oil prices fuelled by the Middle East war have pumped up profits for Woodside Energy but the conflict has delayed steel deliveries for its major new US project..
Future data centre proposals may need to come with renewable energy plans but not all governments or organisations agree with the change.
Australia is undermining its hard work to cut emissions by failing to address growing fossil fuel exports, a former defence chief reckons.
Almost one million Origin Energy customers are being warned about potential scam activity after their data was leaked in a suspected hack.
Duncan Murray and Alex Mitchell
Wholesale energy prices have fallen by more than 60 per cent in one state, powered by growing use of wind farms, solar panels and batteries.
