Woodside boss backs foreign carbon permits as Scott Morrison dubs it a 'Borat tax

The head of one of Australia's largest energy companies has strongly backed the use of international carbon permits in a direct rebuke to the position of Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who mocked the idea in Parliament on Wednesday.

Woodside chief Peter Coleman.

Woodside Energy chief executive Peter Coleman used the world's largest LNG industry event to warn gas producers risked losing relevance if they were not seen as "significant contributors" to the reduction of carbon emissions.

Read the story from The Age by Cole Latimer and Michael Koziol - “Woodside boss backs foreign carbon permits as Scott Morrison dubs it a 'Borat tax’.”