Updated April 01, 2019 17:35:04 Photo: In 2017-18, only six “profitable” projects paid the PRRT, a profits-based tax generated from the sale of natural gas and oil, but which excludes LNG. (Supplied: Woodside Energy Ltd) Oil and gas giants operating in Australia may not have to pay tax for years to come, as they accumulated
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Posted March 29, 2019 06:15:16 Photo: Darwin businesses say the city is experiencing some of its lowest ever economic activity. (ABC News: Jane Bardon) Over more than two decades selling high-end fashion clothes in Darwin, Sylvia Majetic has ridden out the gas booms and busts of the Northern Territory’s small but volatile economy. Key points:
Posted March 28, 2019 20:33:48 500 jobs will be created during construction and another 500 when the plant becomes operational ABC South West: Jacqueline Lynch Topics: building-and-construction, mining-industry Source link
Updated March 28, 2019 21:02:33 What is expected to be the world’s largest lithium refinery has reached a major milestone, with construction starting on the $1 billion project south of Perth. Key points: A new lithium refinery near Bunbury in WA has begun construction, and will annually produce 100,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide — more
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Updated March 27, 2019 00:14:23 Photo: Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce is calling for urgent action to bring down the price of energy in Queensland. (ABC News: Nick Haggarty) Federal Nationals MPs have failed to convince the Government to underwrite a new coal-fired power station. Key points: Federal Government declines to include new coal-fired power projects
Posted March 26, 2019 19:30:48 Photo: Global carbon emissions rose by 560 million tonnes last year. (Reuters) Related Story: Are Australia’s emissions going up or down? It depends who you ask Related Story: Australia’s emissions go up again, but Minister insists progress is being made Greater demand for energy and more extreme temperatures saw global
Posted March 24, 2019 08:59:36 Photo: A drone picture of the McGormans’ new, $500,000 shearing shed — which they say is already paying for itself. (ABC News) Grand old shearing sheds are part of the romance of the Australian countryside — bathed in golden light, with their rough-hewn beams, thick stone walls and characterful corrugated
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