Energy & Natural Resources

The information of 900,000 current and former Origin Energy customers was accessed during a recent cyberattack, the company has revealed.

The NSW Crime Commission is seeking to freeze more assets of convicted criminal and former state Labor politician Eddie Obeid, after securing over $30 million in property in March. 

Australian renewables company Goldwind has taken engineer Zenviron to court, alleging it's on the hook for $2.6 million in road rectification payments related to the construction of the Moorabool wind farm in Victoria.

The Albanese government is weighing the development of a new large-scale oil refinery in Western Australia amid the Middle East conflict, the first new refinery since the 1960s.

Czech investment firm Sev.en has settled its case seeking urgent access to the financials of the Millmerran power station in Queensland as it looks to sell its stake in the asset, after flagging potential claims of misleading conduct. 

Ark Energy has reached a financial investment decision on its $1.3 billion Richmond Valley solar farm and battery energy storage system in northern New South Wales, clearing the way for construction on the hybrid project.

A group opposing a Southern Cross Gold unit’s Victorian gold tunnel project has been ordered to pay $50,000 in security, with a judge saying he was unconvinced the case is purely in the public interest. 

A judge has dismissed Woodside's bid to compel three protesters who carried out a stunt involving the release of ‘stench gas’ at its office to identify other individuals involved, calling the gas giant’s suspicions "conjecture and speculation". 

Origin Energy has confirmed that some customer data was accessed and disclosed following a recent cyberattack. 

Italian builder Webuild has lost its bid to permanently stay a SafeWork NSW prosecution over an 2022 incident while tunnelling for the Snowy Hydro expansion that allegedly gave rise to a risk of death or serious injury to two workers.