Spare a Thought For Our Self-Made Energy Crisis

Commentary Not since wartime has the concern for Australia’s energy security been so profound. Australia is on the cusp of an energy crisis, decades in the making. And ripples from this crisis have the potential to spread throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Despite New Year’s celebrations having barely wrapped up, local energy giant Woodside and Japan’s INPEX are the latest industry participants to voice their concerns about Australia’s energy security in 2024. In what was already shaping up to be a busy political year, energy security will consume more and more of our leaders’ attention as threats to supply and generation mount, and local and export markets become increasingly nervous....