11 September 2026
Bill Kelty on One Nation’s ‘giant tax avoidance scheme’ The Saturday Paper
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11 September 2026
The South Australian Government spent more than $123 million last year on patients stranded in hospital waiting for aged care beds.
11 September 2026
Students pledge to continue learning as Masafer Yatta demolitions target homes, schools, and their right to education.
11 September 2026
Can Andrew Hastie turn Pauline Hanson from victim to villain? afr. com
11 September 2026
Singapore-based Wealth Holdings has added a third multipurpose newbuilding programme this year, signing for up to six 25,000 dwt ships at China’s Hubei Guangji Green Energy Shipbuilding. The deal covers two firm vessels with two separate two-ship options, taking Wealth Holdings’ potential MPP newbuilding pipeline across its three programmes to 18 ships. The latest SDARI-designed …
11 September 2026
Oman’s Asyad Shipping has returned to HD Hyundai Heavy Industries for two more MR product tanker newbuildings, taking a charter-backed programme launched just two months ago to eight ships. The Muscat-listed owner is paying around OMR39. 89m ($103. 6m) for the latest pair of 49,999 dwt tankers, with deliveries scheduled for 2029. Both ships already have five-year …
11 September 2026
China’s Hubei province has signed batch construction agreements for 89 battery-swapping bulkers, taking its electric shipping drive from individual demonstration vessels towards series production. The package, unveiled at an inland shipping forum in Wuhan this week, comprises 29 vessels in the 10,000 dwt class, 20 of 5,000 dwt and 40 of 3,000 dwt. All three …
11 September 2026
A Hilcorp well site in New Mexico in August 2025 Courtesy of Earthworks The Trump administration is poised to loosen environmental restrictions on oil and gas wells that produce very little energy but release vast amounts of methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas. The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to drastically weaken requirements for leak inspections and equipment upgrades at more than 700,000 low-producing “stripper wells,” according to a draft rule being reviewed by the White House and seen by ProPublica. These wells — which tend to be old, poorly maintained and thus prone to leaking — produce just 6% of the country’s oil and natural gas but are responsible for roughly half the sector’s methane pollution, studies show. The EPA acknowledged similar figures in the draft. But it said that the cost of complying with existing regulations would force the lowest-producing wells to shut down and that this was “unreasonable” — even though it would eliminate just 0.
