SYDNEY, May 28 (Reuters) - Australia approved on Wednesday Woodside Energy's request to extend the life of its North West Shelf gas plant until 2070, after a six-year review process dogged by delays, appeals and backlash from green groups. The North West Shelf facility, located on the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia, is the country's oldest and largest liquefied natural...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

SYDNEY, May 28 (Reuters) - The Australian government approved on Wednesday Woodside Energy's request to extend the life of its North West Shelf gas plant, after a six-year review process dogged by delays, appeals and backlash from green groups. Environment Minister Murray Watt said in a statement the decision to approve the extension of the project would be subject to...

TOKYO, May 28 (Reuters) - Japan's struggling Nissan ( NSANF ) is considering raising more than 1 trillion yen ($7 billion) from debt and asset sales which would include a syndicated loan guaranteed by the UK government, Bloomberg News said on Wednesday. The country's third-biggest automaker plans to issue as much as 630 billion yen worth of convertible securities and...