Overview
- Offshore Alliance, which coordinates the Maritime Union of Australia and the Australian Workers’ Union, says members will extend current four‑hour stoppages to eight hours and add more targeted work bans after talks with Inpex failed to progress.
- The union alleges Inpex withdrew from terms discussed at a Fair Work Commission‑facilitated bargaining session and is now seeking weaker enterprise agreement conditions on remote work, full‑time guarantees, pay linked to competency, and redundancy terms.
- Industrial action began last week and has already disrupted some Ichthys LNG loadings, with the union warning the intensified stoppages could further affect exports from the project.
- Ichthys supplies roughly 10 percent of Australia’s LNG output, so sustained disruption could tighten global gas markets while Australia plays a larger export role following damage to Qatari facilities.
- Reuters and other outlets reported the union’s claims and escalation plan, and Inpex had not provided an immediate comment at the time of reporting.