Woodside tips in cash as Labor fights to get its employee into parliament
WA Labor has used the advantages of incumbency to raise $1.6 million since May, ahead of a by-election in the once safe seat of Secret Harbour.
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Health and safety failure INPEX reaps $1.5b half-year profit from Ichthys LNG
INPEX has spilled oil into Darwin Harbour, exposed offshore workers to dangerous mercury, and been prosecuted for under-reporting toxic emissions by more than 100-fold, all in the past 12 months.
Alcoa refuses to rule out mining the Perth Hills
A letter from the US miner raised hope that the jarrah forest inland from Perth would escape its strip mining for bauxite, but Alcoa is keeping its options open.
The way Australia taxes gas production is stuck in the past
The existing tax, PRRT, fails to capture a fair share of our vast gas exports.
Triangle Energy fails due to $200m oil field clean up bill off WA
The majority owner of the Cliff Head platform has called in administrators and other oil and gas producers will likely shoulder the cost.
Regulator moves after no cash for wages for WA oil platform
The failure of Cliff Head's owners, Pilot Energy and Triangle Energy, to meet payroll does not bode well for their ability to pay the $200 million decommissioning cost.
Gas producers face $200m ocean clean-up bill after Pilot Energy enters administration
Pilot Energy and Triangle Energy - two listed minnows with no revenue - may struggle to afford to decommission the Cliff Head platform off the WA coast.
INPEX safety shortcuts exposed Ichthys LNG workers and ocean to mercury
INPEX bypassed equipment and ignored procedures agreed with the regulator that together were meant to keep the toxic metal contained.
The magic trick is over: investigation shows carbon capture can't save fossil fuels
Asia's fossil fuel industry readies to once again talk up carbon capture and storage (CCS) as the technology that lets us keep burning coal and gas, while still hitting our climate targets.
WA drives Alcoa $US4.1b buy of South32 aluminium business
The US company will have a monopoly over WA bauxite mining and alumina refining, which it plans to operate for 40 years.