Woodside, page-1916

Don't blame anyone else except the extended Board (post 2024 AGM), Chairman Goyder (look at the QAN sp and business post then Chairman Goyder and the then CEO), the WDS CEO and executive management, all duly elected or appointed, remunerated with all those bonuses, for that purpose and responsibility. Not sure, but some members may have the customary contrary views but aren't the WDS sp and the WTI benchmarks below the levels traded only a few days prior, when the WDS CEO (aka "miracle Meg", according to at least one WDS holder) announced the interim trading results, buoyed mostly by asset sales, and a 14% reduction to the interim dividend.

As for STO, a most prescient decision on its part, not so long ago when it rejected out of hand, any association or amalgamation with WDS. However, your point is well made, as to the realisation WDS is merely a utility type business, ever imploding nett sp and the increasing possibility of foreign buyout or hostile takeover.