ANALYSIS: The recently returned Albanese Government has just approved a 40-year extension to a huge gas project. Most of that gas will be exported, but it has great domestic significance.
Woodside Energy is looking to invest A$30b in the offshore Browse gasfields, and the extension makes that more likely.
Back in 1933, 66% of voters in Western Australia voted to secede from Australia, which had only been federated just over 30 years before.
Ultimately, that bid for Western Australian independence was foiled by a ruling from a British parliamentary committee, which found that any bid for secession
Want to read more? It's easy.
Choose your best value subscription option
Student
Exclusive FREE offer for uni students studying at a New Zealand university (valued at $499).