The Latest Breaking News from Woodside

Woodside’s bid to expand a huge gas project is testing both major parties’ environmental credentials

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has indicated a Coalition government would quickly approve a giant gas project off Western Australia which will release billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases until around 2070.

The Conversation · Mar 20, 2025

PM waves off Dutton gas pledge as 'bubble bath' policy

Peter Dutton is seeking a mandate to fast-track a 50-year gas expansion but Prime Minister Anthony Albanese insists the idea is but a thought bubble.

AAP · Mar 19, 2025

Western Australia has one story about the gas industry. It won’t accept dissent from ‘over east’

Saturday’s state election is unlikely to unseat Labor premier Roger Cook but, with both major parties supporting gas expansion, WA’s record threatens any national progress on emissions

The Guardian - AU · Mar 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