Newcastle Herald
Ian Kirkwood
Ian Kirkwood
Journalist

Reporting journalist at the Newcastle Herald since 1987. Editorial writer, general reporter, industrial relations, industry and coal.

Shocking new allegations against former dean Graeme Lawrence as Anglicans examine Adamstown priest
Graeme Lawrence
Ian Kirkwood
Analysis
Hype or hope? Exploring the hydrogen landscape of a new industrial revolution
Ian Kirkwood
SEVENTY YEARS AGO: The mushroom cloud of the first test of a hydrogen bomb, 'Ivy Mike', detonated on November 1, 1952, on an atoll in the Marshall Islands. Hydrogen's destructive potential created global fear during the Cold War. We now hope this same gas will be our saviour. Picture: US Defense Special Weapons Agency
Comment
Morrison's extraordinary secrecy makes a mockery of democratic government
Ian Kirkwood
QUESTIONS: Scott Morrison and David Hurley at a ministerial swearing-in ceremony in July last year.
Labor tells gas exporters to look after domestic market or risk 'social licence'
Ian Kirkwood
COLLABORATIVE APPROACH: Assistant Trade and Manufacturing Minister Tim Ayres says high energy prices are threatening Australian industry and gas companies need to work with the government on a solution. Picture: Simone De Peak
Resources minister says 'astounding' level of coal in national power grid
Ian Kirkwood
GAS: Cleaner than coal, and one side of the energy debate sees it as a crucial transition fuel in the shift away from coal. Others, however, see a fossil fuel, and all of the negativity they associate with hydrocarbons. Picture: US EPA
'How would you like it?' One Nation's Rod Roberts about no change rooms at Singleton fire station
Ian Kirkwood
OLD AND THE NEW: The century-old Singleton Fire Station and crew member Megan Worth, one of two women among a dozen men in Singleton's crew of retained firefighters, pictured in 2020. They change inside, next to the truck.
Big new Orica tank on road to Kooragang Island on Tuesday
Ian Kirkwood
WORDS INTO ACTION: The first 'reactor vessel' in a $37-million project to cut emissions from the nitric acid plants inside Orica's Kooragang Island ammonium nitrate facility. Picture: Orica
Comment
Hunter v Western Slopes; battle of the cross-country gas pipelines
Ian Kirkwood
IT'S A GAS: Clockwise from top left. Garbis Simonian, Santos Narrabri infrastructure, the Hunter Gas Pipeline route, pipes in a modern gas pipeline being put underground, an image from the University of Newcastle's hydrogen cluster, the Western Slopes pipeline route, a Snowy Hydro gas turbine image and an aerial view, courtesy of Lock The Gate Alliance, of gas test wells in the Pillagra.
Hunter Gas Pipeline a 'second' bet for Santos in Pilliga as energy ministers meet in Canberra
Ian Kirkwood
SITE WORKS: Bibblewindi wastewater pond, coal-seam gas in the Pilliga. PIcture: Lock The Gate Alliance
Energy firm Santos buys Hunter Gas Pipeline from Hilton Grugeon and other owners
Ian Kirkwood
PIPELINE PROGRESS: The Hunter Gas Pipeline if approved, would be underground. The project has been bought by energy company Santos for an undisclosed amount.
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