Woodside

Where Woodside sits in the flow of extraction.

WOODSIDE · ESTIMATED FLOW OFFSHORE

≈A$3.5bn/yr

to dividends offshore · US$2.3bn dividends 2024, mostly to offshore shareholders

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ENTITY / ACTORCOMPANY · GASSTATUS · ExposedACROSS · 3 TOPICS

Woodside Energy

Australia's largest oil and gas producer. US$3.6bn profit in 2024, dividends flowing mostly offshore; its CEO left for a British major on multiples of the pay.

Estimated flow offshore, each year

≈A$3.5bn/yr

Flowing to dividends offshore. US$2.3bn dividends 2024, mostly to offshore shareholders.

Corporate income tax paid · 2023-24

A$1.72bn

Unlike its gas peers, Woodside does pay substantial tax, income and resource rent alike. ATO Corporate Tax Transparency 2023-24.

on total income of A$19.8bn · PRRT A$796m

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Investigations citing it

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Topics it recurs across

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Fig. 01 / Where this name appears

Australia's Gas Heist4.3 billion tonnesWoodside’s own estimate of additional CO2 emissions over the NWS extension’s lifetime, equivalent to the combined lifetime emissions of 14 Pacific …9 investigations →The Inflation Rort66 investigations →The War Trade22 investigations →

Fig. 01Source: article scan · every investigation naming itAs of 2026‑09Auto-assembled

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Actors in its orbit

SantosCOMPANY · GAS · 13 ChevronCOMPANY · GAS · 9 Jim ChalmersPERSON · TREASURER · 7 INPEXCOMPANY · GAS · 7 The RBAFEDERAL REGULATOR · 6 ShellCOMPANY · GAS · 6 Anthony AlbanesePERSON · POLITICIAN · 6 The ACCCFEDERAL REGULATOR · 4 One NationPOLITICAL PARTY · 4 Australian Banking AssociationLOBBY · BANKING INDUSTRY GROUP · 4 Kerry StokesPERSON · MAGNATE · 3 The ATOACTOR · AGENCY · 3 ColesCOMPANY · SUPERMARKETS · 2 WoolworthsCOMPANY · SUPERMARKETS · 2 NOPSEMAFEDERAL REGULATOR · 2 Donald TrumpPERSON · US PRESIDENT · 2 Hancock ProspectingCOMPANY · 2 TransurbanCOMPANY · TOLL ROADS · 1 QantasCOMPANY · AVIATION · 1 PM&CACTOR · DEPARTMENT · 1 Gina RinehartPERSON · EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF HANCOCK PROSPECTING · 1 Trump MediaCOMPANY · TRUMP MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY GROUP · 1 Barnaby JoycePERSON · ONE NATION MP FOR NEW ENGLAND · 1 News CorpCOMPANY · MEDIA · 1 NineCOMPANY · MEDIA · 1 Seven West MediaCOMPANY · MEDIA · 1

Mechanisms in play

The PRRTMECHANISM · TAX · 14 Offshore DecommissioningMECHANISM · LIABILITY · 6 The Revolving DoorMECHANISM · 3

03 / The evidence chain

Australia's Gas Heist

03What Norway builtAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST 04Who profitsAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST 05The political connectionsAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST 07Why nothing changesAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST 08What the media covers and howAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST 09The decommissioning rortAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST 11Gas and climate: the final rortAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST: FINAL 12The A$60 billion boomerang: who cleans up the offshore rigs when the gas money is goneAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST 14The boom that paid Woodside backAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST

The Inflation Rort

03Why the RBA did all the workTHE INFLATION RORT 07The political connectionsTHE INFLATION RORT 09Four rises in 2026THE INFLATION RORT 16Is it the only way?THE INFLATION RORT 17Nine people, one rateTHE INFLATION RORT 18Seven votes for a gas export tax, all lostTHE INFLATION RORT

The War Trade

03The Australian positionTHE WAR TRADE 04The round tripTHE WAR TRADE

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