Foiled stunt at Woodside boss's home earns heavy fines Three climate activists have copped heavy fines after counter-terrorism police stopped them in the tracks before painting the garage door of Woodside's boss. AAP · Feb 10, 2025
AFP boss questioned about PM’s knowledge of Dural caravan – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Feb 5, 2025
Blunt power warning as energy boss pushes onshore gas The boss of Australia's biggest energy company has a blunt warning on local manufacturing, pushing for more onshore gas exploration to address supply concerns. AAP · Feb 5, 2025
Activist 'not sorry' on foiled Woodside protest A climate activist involved in a foiled plan to protest at Woodside's boss's home says he didn't cross the line and protesters should pursue company bosses. AAP · Feb 3, 2025
Revealed: how a US public university courted the gas industry despite climate impacts McNeese State University in Louisiana building a liquefied natural gas center, prompting fears of ‘corporate capture’ The Guardian - US · Dec 19, 2024
Call for super funds to pump gas giants for change An analysis of the way some of the biggest superannuation funds vote at shareholder meetings suggests they're backing down over the expansion of oil and gas. AAP · Dec 1, 2024
‘You feel sorry for the person as well’: why are so many pet cats being abandoned? Many of us saw lockdown as the ideal chance to get a cat. But now, a huge number of pets are being abandoned, and rescue charities are overwhelmed The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2024
Fifty-year extension for one of Australia’s biggest CO2 emitters likely after WA ditches emissions-reduction rules Extending life of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas processing plant on Burrup Peninsula could result in billions of tonnes of climate pollution, critics say The Guardian - AU · Nov 10, 2024
Miners dominate company tax list as others pay zero A corporate income tax haul of almost $100 billion is being hailed as a "great result" but almost a third of major Australian companies avoided a tax bill. AAP · Oct 31, 2024
Hold the front page: Sydney Morning Herald forgoes Lidia Thorpe protest in favour of sneezing alpaca Herald and the Age opt not to use photograph of Thorpe wearing possum-skin cloak and shaking her fist at King Charles on page one. Plus: The Australian fails to read fine print The Guardian - AU · Oct 25, 2024
Frederick McCubbin descendant backs WA Museum acquisition of perspex vandalised by climate protesters Protective cover on acclaimed artist’s famous painting ‘an effective palette for this radical protest’, great-granddaughter says The Guardian - AU · Oct 24, 2024
Anti-Woodside activists plead guilty over AGM protest Three Disrupt Burrup Hub activists have pleaded guilty to creating a false belief over their attempted evacuation of the 2023 Woodside annual general meeting. AAP · Oct 24, 2024
East Timor firm in gas pipe wrangle, may look elsewhere East Timor is threatening to accept Chinese or Kuwaiti investment in a gas field if an agreement can't be reached with Australia, which remains its preference. AAP · Oct 9, 2024
Mineral Resources and Woodside donated to WA Labor while it mulled gas policy changes A ban on exporting offshore gas was lifted in WA this week, and the Greens say two of the ‘biggest winners’ were the massive resources companies The Guardian - AU · Sep 20, 2024
The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2024 Western Australia’s decision to lift gas export ban will drive up emissions, conservationists say Letting onshore producers export up to 20% of their output aims to encourage more gas development, WA premier Roger Cook says
AAP · Sep 5, 2024 Australian shares rebound slightly after sharp sell-off The ASX200 has recorded a modest bounce but the energy sector has closed down as oil prices dropped under $US74 a barrel.
The Guardian - AU · Aug 29, 2024 ‘How to save whales and produce gas’: ABC changes headline of interview with Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill Climate scientist Bill Hare says it was a shock to see the headline which he described as ‘laughable’, accusing the ABC of ‘innovation in greenwashing’
AAP · Aug 27, 2024 Aussie shares dip as banks drag, BHP and Woodside gain The ASX200 has fallen 0.2 per cent as BHP, Woodside, Coles, Johns Lyng Group, Lovisa and others report earnings.
AAP · Aug 27, 2024 Woodside profits slip as energy prices dip Australia's largest oil and gas producer, Woodside, has reported lower profits due to falling energy prices but has made progress on key growth projects.
The Guardian - AU · Aug 14, 2024 Fallout from Woodside’s birthday bash shows Australia is far from united in climate fight WA newspaper throws tantrum and Tony Abbott blames ‘climate cult’ after prime minister misses fossil fuel company’s party
The Conversation · Aug 8, 2024 Huge gas fields – under a coral reef. Will a rejection on environmental grounds stop Woodside’s Browse project? For decades, Australia’s largest independent oil and gas company, Woodside, has eyed off a prize: the largest known unconventional gas fields in the nation.
The Guardian - AU · Aug 6, 2024 Western Australia’s EPA has made a big call on a major gas expansion. Will state and federal governments back it up? The environmental regulator has a history of backing fossil fuels – that is why its preliminary view on Woodside’s Browse project is extraordinary
AAP · Aug 5, 2024 Call for Woodside to respect decision on 'climate bomb' A decision to defuse a "climate bomb" could be imminent as a regulator reportedly puts pristine marine life ahead of Australia's biggest proposed gas field.
AAP · Jul 31, 2024 Call for Woodside to extract more value, not more gas Woodside Energy is under fire for its management of climate risk and capital as activist investors slam recent "high-cost, high-emission" acquisitions.
The Guardian - AU · Jul 27, 2024 Australia’s north-west reefs teem with life – but they are also at the centre of a massive fossil fuel expansion Woodside’s designs on the country’s largest untapped gas basin around Scott Reef are, some say, just another example of fossil fuel companies getting their way in what has become a petrostate