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With a focus on national security issues, the Australian Government has introduced a new national security test.

On March 15, 2022, the Full Federal Court of Australia overturned a primary judge's decision in Sharma and Others v. Minister for the Environment to impose a duty of care on the Minister for the Environment to ...

As energy shocks intensify and Australia's fuel-security vulnerabilities become more acute, businesses relying on imported liquid fuels face mounting pressure on margins and operations. This analysis examines how firms can move beyond short-term crisis management to build structural resilience through contract redesign, operational efficiency, fleet transformation, and supply chain reconfiguration.

This article will focus on recommendations on energy security and reliability in the NEM in the Finkel and AEMO Reports.

Australia's energy storage market is expanding rapidly, yet long-duration energy storage (LDES) faces a critical financing challenge. While the technical need for storage systems capable of discharging for eight hours or more is widely accepted, the market does not yet fully reward the reliability, resilience and system benefits these projects provide, creating a gap between capital costs and available revenue that threatens bankability.

Critical minerals are a star performer in Australia's resources portfolio, given the acceleration of EV production.

The implementation of the closure of a resources project requires compliance with a variety of legal measures.

WA is set to introduce a revised resource management regime for the exploration and production of pe.troleum resources.

The update examines recent issues, legislation and case law relating to the resources and energy industry in Queensland.

The Government will now allow the development of a commercial oil shale industry, under strict environmental conditions.

How the new clean energy legislation affect business trading in fuels and gases.

These reforms are largely targeted at reducing the cost of the capacity component of the Wholesale Electricity Market.

The article considers the phrase and gives examples of where an activity may prove "a material change in circumstances".

The Productivity Commission's draft report on electricity network regulation suggests some reforms to remove inequities.

The introduction of the Commonwealth Bill containing the emissions reduction target for the NEG has been put on hold.

The WA Government will maintain its policy of seeking a 15% domestic gas reservation.

Investing in foreign countries is a tough business, especially when governments lock horns with investor companies.