The Latest Breaking News from Woodside

Why Woodside's Streets Feel Different Right Now: Inside Queens' ICE Standoff

DHS says 'Operation Rotten Apple' netted 2,100+ arrests in Queens. Local officials call it a fear campaign. Here's what the data shows.

Latin Times · Sep 4

Climate and rock art advocates take on Woodside’s ‘carbon bomb’ WA gas project in federal court

Albanese government’s approval of North West Shelf gas extension being challenged by the Australian Conservation Foundation and Friends of Australian Rock Art

The Guardian - AU · Jul 21

For the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project

Global warming from Woodside’s massive Scarborough gas project off Western Australia would lead to 484 additional heat-related deaths in Europe alone this century, and kill about 16 million additional corals on the Great Barrier Reef during each future mass bleaching event, our new research has revealed.

The Conversation · Oct 13, 2025

Murray Watt knocks back objections to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension and clears way for final decision

Environment minister due to decide on controversial plan by end of the month in one of his first major challenges in new portfolio

The Guardian - AU · May 22, 2025

Greens attack Woodside proposal to bury CO2 from WA gas project under pristine reef

Party labels plan for offshore carbon capture and storage near Scott Reef ‘nothing but greenwashing’ and calls on Albanese government to extend public consultation

The Guardian - AU · Jan 9, 2025

Climate activists invade premier's office building

A group of anti-Woodside climate activists have temporarily occupied the ground floor of a government office building containing the WA premier's office.

AAP · Dec 13, 2024

Urgent review of Woodside billion-dollar WA gas project needed to protect threatened snake, government advisers say

Dusky sea snake was placed on threatened species list this week and is known only to exist on a small number of reefs off the Kimberley coastline

The Guardian - AU · Sep 5, 2024

Dutton urges PM to put preventive detention on national cabinet agenda – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 3, 2023

Whales stop singing and rock lobsters lose their balance: how seismic surveys can harm marine life

Woodside Energy this week announced it would start seismic testing for its Scarborough gas project off Australia’s west coast, before reversing the decision in the face of a legal challenge from Traditional Owners.

The Conversation · Sep 7, 2023

ABC backed by press freedom advocates amid criticism of Woodside protest coverage

Media union says no one should restrict journalists’ access to a protest after WA premier complains to Ita Buttrose

The Guardian - AU · Aug 4, 2023