ABC FeedsWhy fuel excise cut is being extended by another month but at smaller discount
By Georgie Hewson
The fuel excise cut was due to stop at the end of the month but will continue to a lesser extent until August. Here's why.
Lumpenanalyst#PlutOligarchy/#Sabotage: "The group estimated that just 110 days of war resulted in the transfer of an additional $374 billion from consumers&businesses into the coffers of #oilandgas companies beyond what wld have been expected had the war never been launched" https://www.commondreams.org/news/fossil-fuel-profits-iran?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=f3ec45c37e-Top+News+%7C+Thu.+6%2F18%2F26+w%2F+fundraiser&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4eec7e0923-d49d6e120c-600223291
NT's new climate resilience plan lists gas project as top priority
By George Nicoll
The Northern Territory government's newly released climate resilience plan has listed the acceleration of gas extraction at the Beetaloo Basin as a top priority. Environment groups have fiercely criticised the plan, saying it will "make climate change worse".
#ClimateChange #EnvironmentalImpacts #EnvironmentalPolicy #OilandGas #Environment #StateandTerritoryGovernment #GeorgeNicoll
NT's new climate resilience plan lists gas project as top priority
The Northern Territory government's newly released climate resilience plan has listed the acceleration of gas extraction at the Beetaloo Basin as a top priority. Environment groups have fiercely criticised the plan, saying it will "make climate change worse".
Unions and Inpex reach deal after weeks of strikes and negotiation
By Tom Robinson
Workers at the Northern Territory's Inpex Ichthys facility have restarted regular duties after unions and the Japanese-owned company struck a deal to end a dispute that threatened to disrupt LNG exports.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-17/inpex-deal-reached-with-unions/106807278
#OilandGas #IndustrialAction #Trade #AgriculturalMachinery #TomRobinson
'It's all too hard': Fuel shock pushes regional businesses to the brink
By Sinéad Mangan, Ted O'Connor, and Lachlan Ford
Small-town coffee shops and long-established businesses are at risk of closing despite a ceasefire in the Middle East easing the global oil price. Regional businesses say fuel relief measures need to be extended because the damage done from the fuel shock is far from over.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-17/fuel-shock-pushes-regional-businesses-to-the-brink/106802444
#PetrolPrices #Transport #TransportIndustry #RoadTransportIndustry #OilandGas #CostofLiving #SinadMangan #TedOConnor # #LachlanFord
'It's all too hard': Fuel shock pushes regional businesses to the brink
Small-town coffee shops and long-established businesses are at risk of closing despite a ceasefire in the Middle East easing the global oil price. Regional businesses say fuel relief measures need to be extended because the damage done from the fuel shock is far from over.
Trump says Strait of Hormuz will be 'completely open' by Friday. Then what?
By Jasper Wells
The months-long shutdown of the the crucial shipping route has rocked global oil markets and flowed through to all sorts of prices. How will the reopening change things, and how fast?
#OilandGas #Inflation #War #CommoditiesMarkets #PetrolPrices #JasperWells
Feud erupts as consumers on the hook for billion-dollar grid blowout
By Daniel Mercer
Transgrid wants to claw back huge cost increases for a major transmission line from consumers. Experts say the regulator's decision will have far-reaching consequences.
#EnergyIndustry #ElectricityProductionandDistribution #BusinessandIndustryRegulation #ClimateChange #Superannuation #WindEnergy #OilandGas #SolarEnergy #DanielMercer
Air quality monitoring to be upgraded in the NT after Inpex under-reporting
By Tilda Colling
The Northern Territory government has announced a plan to introduce new air quality monitoring of toxic pollutants, including any carcinogenic emissions. It follows a review that found gas giant Inpex had underestimated its emissions in Darwin.
#AirPollution #StateandTerritoryGovernment #OilandGas #TildaColling
Air quality monitoring to be upgraded in the NT after Inpex under-reporting
The Northern Territory government has announced a plan to introduce new air quality monitoring of toxic pollutants, including any carcinogenic emissions. It follows a review that found gas giant Inpex had underestimated its emissions in Darwin.
Eric DohertyTrump says his days as a climate hero are over, and the #oilandgas will flow. Skeptics are skeptical.
Fair Work rejects gas giant's claim strikes would harm Australia's economy
By Roxanne Fitzgerald
One of Australia's biggest gas producers has lost a bid to stop industrial action at its Darwin facilities after claiming strikes would force shutdowns and cause significant damage to the nation's economy.
