Gas companies' threats to ditch Australia and move elsewhere if a new tax is imposed ring hollow, a former executive of fossil fuel giant BP says.
Jacob Shteyman
Conservative campaigners Advance had already annoyed the Liberals in last year’s election campaign. Now they’re taking credit for the party’s policy work.
Katina Curtis
Premier Roger Cook and Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt will have to sort out the fine print for new project assessments by the end of this year, a commitment unlikely to assuage resources players.
Simone Grogan
Australia’s economy is being held hostage to ‘decisions taken in Washington and Tehran’, Jim Chalmers has lamented as he flagged the Budget’s major savings will be found in the NDIS.
The Federal Government wants France to kick start more critical minerals mining by investing in projects from scratch.
Latika M Bourke
The Coalition will create super-fast-track environmental assessments for ‘national interest projects’ and unwind changes that bar oil and gas projects from using more streamlined processes, The West can reveal.
Three national funding streams will be fast-tracked in a bid to get capital moving faster to Australian businesses and strengthen critical supply chains, as the status of the Strait of Hormuz remains volatile.
Bethany Hiatt
The West Australian can reveal Navy Chief Vice Admiral Mark Hammond is making his first overseas trip since being announced for the military’s top job, amid international efforts to open the Strait of Hormuz.
Andrew Greene
Australians deserve straight talk on what is expected of us, as our incoming Defence Chief touches down in the US to discuss potential Middle East deployments alongside the AUKUS nuclear submarine project.
Opposition leader Angus Taylor says he doesn’t believe West Australians will be turned off by a migration policy Paul Keating has labelled as racist.
Joe Spagnolo
Politicians are ready to level with the public about how prepare for military conflict after years of mounting frustration from the Defence community over the government’s refusal to discuss risks candidly.
A contract for the Navy’s $10 billion Mogami warship program will be ‘signed’ this weekend — but figures close to the project claim it was already quietly inked by officials last month.
Anthony Albanese has dodged questions about whether he’s sought clarification from the Trump administration about the ongoing criticism over Australia’s role in the Strait of Hormuz.
Katina Curtis and Andrew Greene
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has shared new details about if Australia could be plunged into recession as a result of the deepening oil crisis amid slower economic growth and higher inflation.
The US President has criticised Australia for not supplying military support in the Strait of Hormuz, saying: ‘They were not there when we asked them to be.’
Andrew Brown
The global economy is at a dangerous point, battered by shocks and upheavals, Jim Chalmers has told G20 colleagues meeting in Washington.
Australia will pour billions of dollars into drones and missiles as Defence Minister Richard Marles warns there are real risks to Australia in a more hostile world.
Former prime minister Paul Keating has accused Opposition Leader Angus Taylor of ‘adopting racism’ through his immigration policy.
Eloise Budimlich
The bill for building nuclear-powered submarines over the next decade could be as high as $96 billion, according to updated figures published by the Defence Department today.
Aaron Patrick
Analysts warned the limited details about the blaze could create a supply shortfall of diesel and unleaded petrol that could push prices higher.
Tom Richardson
Economists warn life is going to get much tougher for Australians before there’s any improvement, as Jim Chalmers concedes the budget he’ll hand down in less than a month isn’t the one he wanted.
Australia will boost its Defence spending by an extra $53 billion over the next decade, in an updated plan for how the Government will prepare for looming strategic risks set to be released by Richard Marles.
The gold-plated opulence of Brunei’s Royal Palace is probably the last place on earth the Prime Minister wants to be seen during a worsening cost-of-living crisis, as fears grow of a looming global recession.
The Sultan of Brunei has assured Anthony Albanese his oil-rich nation is not looking to impose any export restrictions on Australia as both nations share ‘deep concern’ over the Iran war.
Andrew Greene in Brunei
