A protester has been arrested by police after allegedly forcing the evacuation of Woodside Energy’s Perth office building by setting off a “stench bomb”. Musician Kristen Morrissey walked into the Woodside building on Mount St about at 10am Thursday and allegedly set off a device which spewed “safe, non-toxic ethylContinue Reading
A major energy company has again been targeted by activists opposed to a massive gas project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. About 9.30am Monday, lead singer of Perth punk band Last Quokka, Trent Rojahn, used a fire extinguisher charged with bright yellow paint to blast the ground floor windows ofContinue Reading
A building company that collapsed suddenly leaving $10 billion worth of government projects up in the air was owed $350 million by its parent company, which could be hard to recover, according to administrators. Perth-based Clough Group went into voluntary administration earlier this month butThe Australian reported it may beContinue Reading
Tiwi traditional owner Dennis Tipakalippa’s historic win over Santos’ $4.7bn Barossa gas project has ben upheld by the Full Federal Court of Australia. The gas giant was trying to overturn a decision that invalidated its drilling approvals after Tiwi Islanders successfully argued they were not adequately consulted about the projectContinue Reading
Scott Morrison has sparked fresh speculation he plans to quit Parliament after imploring voters to understand he “did his best” – and offering thanks to his wife Jenny and their two daughters in a speech during the historic censure motion against him. The historic censure motion over his secret ministriesContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese has slammed Scott Morrison’s “unprecedented and inexcusable actions” in secretly appointing himself to multiple ministries as emblematic of the former government’s culture of secrecy. Releasing a damning report examining Scott Morrison’s secret power grab today prepared by former High Court judge Virginia Bell, he said the report confirmsContinue Reading
A damning report examining Scott Morrison’s secret power grab is set to be unveiled on Friday and it reveals the former prime minister declined to participate in the inquiry beyond engaging with the former High Court judge Virginia Bell via his lawyers. Outlining the full extent of his decision toContinue Reading
Former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has unloaded on Scott Morrison over his ministerial power grab, revealing he would have been rolled as Prime Minister if his cabinet colleagues had found out. In his first public comments about the ministerial scandal, the subject of an inquiry by former High Court judge VirginiaContinue Reading