LNG
With the recent approval of the $34 billion Ichthys project, Australia is set to become the world's top LNG exporter by around 2017. But the window of opportunity for such giant projects looks to be closing.
The Gladstone case has found Australia's LNG project impact assessment and approvals processes seriously wanting. Something needs to change to mitigate the damage done.
What happens when the Queensland government outsources the decision-making on its energy supply questions? Good news for Xstrata and AGL, bad news for renewables.
The significant concessions made to industry in the Clean Energy Future package are unjustified and costly, and may signal an era of New Protectionism.
While politicians capitulate on industry calls for carbon price concessions, a Grattan Institute report says handouts to black coal, LNG and steel are misguided, and could amount to 'new protectionism.'
Using lower-carbon gas to replace coal in existing power plants might seem attractive, but large-scale central power generation is not the way Australia's abundant gas resource should be used.
The battle to shore up the energy future of NSW is on in earnest, but with so many vested interests, finding the optimum solution is going to be challenging.