Australian LNG

A national interest policy process is one in which a well-informed government determines its policy settings via a specialist area of the bureaucracy.

In the early 2010s, the federal Labor government made the disastrous decision to allow the export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Queensland without forcing gas companies to first supply Australians.

Let’s make a story where there isn’t one.

Jacob Greber has a long tradition of being a businessomics commentator rather than an objective journalist, but he outdid himself yesterday with a bald-faced piece of propaganda for the gas cartel.

Japan wants security of supply.

This is good from The Australian.

For anybody who has followed this debate for any length of time, this is as depressing as it is typical from The SMH.

The fix is in for Australian gas.

As they say, a gas particle gathers no moss.

Cecile Wake is Shell Australia country chair and executive vice president Integrated Gas Australia.

Two things are happening today that show just how broken Australia is.

This deal is the worst-case scenario for Aussie gas: The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s international investment arm and its partners were given a second extension on Monday to continue conducting exclusive due diligence of Adelaide-based energy giant Santos – more than two months after their non-binding takeover agreement was reached in June.

Are we getting somewhere?

The Herald Sun has another frustrating gas debate today.

APA Group with the news.

RBA interest rates have so far delivered roughly $500 per month in relief to the average mortgage.

Market Forces is some kind of green money lobbyist.

Will Idiot Albo and Chicken Chalmers do something?

Last week, we witnessed the seemingly extraordinary when the East Coast gas export cartel suddenly turned on itself, demanding the domestic reservation of Aussie gas.

Thank god, other states are fighting off Victoria disease.

Honestly, we couldn’t cook a snag at a barbie, these days.

In July last year, Stage Three tax cuts delivered the average household $2.200 per annum.

Australian inflation is rapidly becoming a one-trick pony as energy price hikes devour everything in their path.