Woodside Energy hits the gas as fossil fuel deadlines loom

Is America’s threat to slap India with a 50 percent tariff driving the south-Asian power into the arms of Beijing?Just a few years ago India and China were exchanging fire across their borders, but now it's all smiles between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sino-India expert Manoj Kewalramani explains the geo-political manoeuvring underway at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.With the government just weeks away from announcing a refreshed 2035 emissions target, investigative journalist Marian Wilkinson examines the power plays and politics behind the proposed expansion of Woodside’s North West Shelf Gas Project for the latest Quarterly Essay: Woodside vs The Planet: How a Company Captured a Country. 100 days out from the social media ban for under-16’s taking effect, there are fresh concerns about how the tech giants will be able to police the new rule. The ABC's national technology reporter Ange Lavoipierre looks at the shortcomings and whether they could render the ban ineffective.