The eight-year hitch: Shenhua Watermark coal mine to pass kill date

It has been 2916 days since controversial former state Labor minister Ian Macdonald issued China's state-owned Shenhua a licence to explore for coal in Australia's richest farming region, the Liverpool Plains, in return for a $300 million cash payment to the NSW government.

Senator Bob Day quits the Senate after building company goes bust

Bob Day has made the shock announcement that he will resign from the Senate after his building company went into liquidation.

The gas boom is on but the riches for Australia are far from assured

They are the set-piece photo opportunities that prime ministers will fly across the continent to take part in.

WA wants 'more scrutiny' on where LNG wealth is going

The Liberal government of Western Australia has questioned whether the nascent boom in liquefied natural gas is delivering "sufficient return" to the public.

Only 5% of oil and gas companies pay resource tax

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Just five per cent of oil and gas projects operating in Australia are paying anything towards the Federal Government's royalty-like scheme designed to share the wealth generated by the nation's resources with the public that owns them.

Labor to torpedo plebiscite as new poll finds most want free MP vote

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten claims he has "struggled to find anyone who thinks it's a good idea".

Drone safety review called by Turnbull government

The Turnbull Government has launched a safety review into the rules governing the use of drones.

Government asked to explain where Australia's offshore gas wealth is going

It's a story of two resource-rich countries with two very different ways of harnessing the wealth they are blessed with.

Renewable energy spat threatens investment, industry warns

Clean energy providers, including market giant AGL, have called for more certainty in government policy amid warnings the fight over renewables between the Turnbull Government and Labor states will drive investment out of Australia.