Italian Webuild scoops up most of failed contractor Clough

Italian Webuild scoops up most of failed contractor Clough

Failed construction group Clough will be almost completely absorbed by Webuild,bringing relief to current customers but a further concentration of Australia’s large-sale construction market.

  • byPeter Milne

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Beach Energy downgrades Waitsia gas reserves ahead of cost increase

Beach Energy downgrades Waitsia gas reserves ahead of cost increase

Kerry Stokes-backed Beach Energy has cut its Perth Basin gas reserves after disappointing drilling results and expects a delay and cost bump at its Waitsia project that was being built by failed contractor Clough.

  • byPeter Milne
Australia was always bullied by vested interests,until now
Opinion
Energy

Australia was always bullied by vested interests,until now

The Albanese government has broken the curse of a nation too timid to stand up to the might of industry. Can Perrottet follow suit with his push against pokies?

  • byPeter Hartcher
McGowan’s special deal puts cheap,plentiful gas for WA in doubt
Analysis
Gas

McGowan’s special deal puts cheap,plentiful gas for WA in doubt

WA Premier Mark McGowan often boasts about the security of his state’s gas supply,but a deal he cut in 2020 has gone a long way to undo that reputation – and it means a potential shortage looms.

  • byPeter Milne
Clash of the titans:Gas battle heats up among WA’s billionaires

Clash of the titans:Gas battle heats up among WA’s billionaires

At the heart of this takeover tussle between billionaires Kerry Stokes and Gina Rinehart is a small gas exploration company and a bigger issue - energy security.

  • byAnne Hyland
Bidding war:Gina Rinehart ups the ante in WA gas battle
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Gas

Bidding war:Gina Rinehart ups the ante in WA gas battle

Australia’s richest person has wasted little time in putting a firmer offer on the table for Warrego Energy,escalating her stoush with Kerry Stokes’ backed Beach Energy for control of the resources minnow.

  • byPeter Milne
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Gina Rinehart trumps Kerry Stokes in battle of billionaires for Perth Basin gas

Gina Rinehart trumps Kerry Stokes in battle of billionaires for Perth Basin gas

Two WA billionaires Gina Rinehart and Kerry Stokes are on opposite sides of a bidding war for small listed gas play Warrego Energy.

  • byPeter Milne
‘We’re gonna have a lot of fun’:Meet the WA mining billionaire you’ve never heard of

‘We’re gonna have a lot of fun’:Meet the WA mining billionaire you’ve never heard of

Mineral Resources is a $15 billion valued,diversified resources player with a low profile. But if chief executive Chris Ellison has his way,this will soon change.

  • byPeter Milne
Beach Energy warns price curbs could ‘turn off the tap’ to new gas

Beach Energy warns price curbs could ‘turn off the tap’ to new gas

Gas producer Beach Energy says the threat of intervention over soaring energy bills could further inflame the east-coast gas crisis.

  • byNick Toscano
Big WA gas buyers seek federal action as shortage fear spreads west

Big WA gas buyers seek federal action as shortage fear spreads west

WA’s largest gas user Alcoa is part of a push to force exporters to offer more gas to local buyers before a predicted shortage hits mid-decade.

  • byPeter Milne
‘Change from within’:Climate independent MP defends fossil fuel shares

‘Change from within’:Climate independent MP defends fossil fuel shares

Teal independent and MP for North Sydney Kylea Tink says she purchased “small shareholdings” in two fossil fuel companies to understand them better.

  • byMichael Koziol