John :au: :60: :05: :12: :GP:<p>The mining company <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/FortescueMetals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FortescueMetals</span></a> – owned by the billionaire <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/AndrewForrest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndrewForrest</span></a>, who says he aims to meet “real zero” carbon emissions – has sharply <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/criticised" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criticised</span></a> the <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/Albanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Albanese</span></a> government’s approval of a 40-year life extension for the <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/NorthWestShelf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthWestShelf</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gas</span></a> processing facility.</p><p>The company’s chief executive, <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/DinoOtranto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DinoOtranto</span></a>, said the idea that <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> could lock in <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/fossilfuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuel</span></a> projects until 2070 while still claiming progress toward <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/netzero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>netzero</span></a> was “concerning”. <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/29/australia-news-live-coalition-labor-net-zero-climate-change-woodside-north-west-shelf-tasmania-budget-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-68379e628f08f86f308af76c#block-68379e628f08f86f308af76c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/live/2025/may/29/australia-news-live-coalition-labor-net-zero-climate-change-woodside-north-west-shelf-tasmania-budget-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-68379e628f08f86f308af76c#block-68379e628f08f86f308af76c</span></a></p>