Senior Western Australia gas executives have warned a growing list of policy demands is souring the oil and gas industry's appetite to invest in Australia.
Japan-headquartered LNG producer Inpex has put its weight behind a push for seafarers, amid fears of a significant looming shortfall as the available work pool plummets.
Mark Pownall and Jack McGinn discuss subsidy warnings; WA Labor's next generation; Hancock's Lynas stake, tailings clean up, Minderoo job cuts, Macmahon's move for Decmil and Inpex's Ichthys decision.
Inpex senior vice president corporate Bill Townsend has opened up on how WA lost its bid to host the $60 billion Ichthys liquefied natural gas plant during a Business News event.
Oil and gas producer Inpex has joined other big companies in the resources sector by permanently shifting east coast fly-in, fly-out workers to Western Australia.