Last week, the federal environment minister approved Woodside’s plans to keep its North West Shelf project producing gas out to 2070.

Both the government and Woodside claim that gas is a necessary transition fuel as the world decarbonises – but how convincing are their arguments?

Today, investigative journalist and author of the Quarterly Essay Woodside vs the Planet, Marian Wilkinson, on how one company captured the country – and convinced us that we need the gas industry.

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Guest: Investigative journalist and author of the Quarterly Essay Woodside vs the Planet, Marian Wilkinson

Photo: AAP Image/Supplied by Woodside Energy