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Panahi talks about how the NSW Government’s flagship $1 billion renewable energy investment fund is yet to invest a single dollar.

Most Western Australian mining companies feel they can get fuel beyond next month, yet soaring costs have forced a large chunk of them to stop searching for fresh pay dirt.

The shortage of fuel has inspired Energy Minister Chris Bowen to press for an acceleration of Australia’s so-called “integrated system plan”.

BHP’s iron ore boss says the mining giant’s battle against the re-unionisation of the Pilbara is all but lost and issued a stark warning that the industrial relations landscape in Australia is driving the economy towards an investment cliff.

Resource-rich Western Australia will need new gas and renewable energy sources along with storage to address projected energy shortfalls.

Geelong’s smouldering oil refinery will constrain Australia’s domestic fuel supply for at least three months, according to an estimate of the damage caused by the blaze at Viva Energy’s facility.

Chevron, Shell and BP have warned new taxes will discourage investment in Australia, ahead of a senate committee into Australia’s gas tax regime.

Australia faces a glut of old solar panels polluting the environment by leaching toxic chemicals into landfill with no viable reuse or ­recycling solutions available, the government’s own Department of Climate Change and Energy has warned.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has shocked foreign investors in local mining, energy and infrastructure by imposing a retrospective capital gains tax dating back 20 years to raise billions of dollars for the federal budget, sparking warnings he is discouraging future investment in Australia.

A state government has been accused of chasing headlines after calling an inquiry into the impact of new federal environmental laws.

The disruption to the global order is bringing an age of rolling crises, and uncertainty is now a feature of the operating environment.

Santos’ chief has slammed approval processes for gas developments, urging them to be ‘more reliable and more workable’ if the PM’s goal to boost the number of gas fields is realised.