EXHIBIT 10.09

                    FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This  First  Amendment  (the  "First  Amendment")  to  that  certain  employment
agreement  (the  "Agreement")  dated  May 3, 2005 by and between Westside Energy
Corporation  (the  "Company")  and Sean J. Austin ("Austin") is made and entered
into effective as of the 1st day of January, 2006 by and between the Company and
Austin.  All  capitalized, undefined terms used herein shall have the respective
meanings  given  to  such  terms  in  the  Agreement.

Recitals

WHEREAS,  the  Agreement  was  entered  on  or  about  May  3,  2005;  and

WHEREAS,  the  Company  and Austin desire to amend the Agreement upon the terms,
provisions  and  conditions  set  forth  hereinafter;

Agreement

NOW,  THEREFORE,  in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of the
Company  and  Austin  to  amend  the  Agreement, the Company and Austin agree as
follows:

1.  Amendment  to  the  Agreement.  The  Agreement  is hereby amended to add the
following  text  in  its  entirety:

                                 "Stock Bonuses

(a)     For purposes of this First Amendment, the following terms shall have the
respective  definitions  assigned  to  the  immediately  below:
"Employer"  shall  mean  Westside  Energy  Corporation,  a  Nevada  corporation
"Employee"  shall  mean  Sean  J.  Austin.
"Common  Stock"  shall  mean  Employer's  common  stock.
"Market  Value"  per share of Common Stock at any date shall mean the average of
the daily Closing Price for the Common Stock for the 30 Trading Days before such
date.
"Closing Price" on a given day shall mean the last sale price regular way or, in
case  no  such  reported  sales  take place on such day, the average of the last
reported  bid  and  ask  prices,  regular  way,  in either case on the principal
national  securities  exchange or the NASDAQ/National Market System on which the
shares  of Common Stock are admitted to trading or listed, or if not so admitted
or  listed,  the representative closing bid price as reported by NASDAQ or other
similar  organization  if  NASDAQ is no longer reporting such information or, if
not  so  available, the fair market price as reasonably determined by Employer's
Board  of  Directors.
"Trading  Day"  shall  mean  a  day  on  which the principal national securities
exchange  on  which  shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading is
open  for the transaction of business or, if the shares of such Common Stock are
not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Monday,
Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Thursday  or  Friday  on which banking institutions in the
Borough  of  Manhattan,  City  and  State  of  New  York,  are not authorized or
obligated  by  law  or  executive  order  to  close.

     (b)          Employer  hereby agrees to pay to Employee bonuses in the form
of  issuances of unregistered shares of Common Stock, upon the terms, conditions
and  provisions  of  this  First  Amendment.  Pursuant  to this First Amendment,
Employee  may  become entitled to be issued up to six tranches each comprised of
20,000  shares  of  unregistered Common Stock, for an aggregate of up to 120,000
shares  of  unregistered Common Stock. One of these tranches comprised of 20,000
shares of unregistered Common Stock shall be issued to Employee upon each of the
following  events, provided that such events occur before the closing of trading
hours  on  December  31,  2007  at a time when Employee is still employed by the
Company:

          *     when  the Market Value relating to the Common Stock first equals
or  exceeds  $5.00  per  share,

          *     when  the Market Value relating to the Common Stock first equals
or  exceeds  $6.00  per  share,

          *     when  the Market Value relating to the Common Stock first equals
or  exceeds  $7.00  per  share,

          *     when  the Market Value relating to the Common Stock first equals
or  exceeds  $8.00  per  share,

          *     when  the Market Value relating to the Common Stock first equals
or  exceeds  $9.00  per  share,  and

          *     when  the Market Value relating to the Common Stock first equals
or  exceeds  $10.00  per  share.

     (c)     If  the  outstanding shares of the Common Stock shall be subdivided
into  a  greater number of shares or a dividend in Common Stock shall be paid in
respect  of Common Stock, the figures for the Market Value as stated immediately
above  in  effect immediately prior to such subdivision or at the record date of
such dividend shall simultaneously with the effectiveness of such subdivision or
immediately  after  the record date of such dividend be proportionately reduced.
If  the  outstanding  shares  of  Common  Stock shall be combined into a smaller
number  of  shares, the figures for the Market Value as stated immediately above
in  effect  immediately prior to such combination shall, simultaneously with the
effectiveness  of  such  combination,  be  proportionately  increased.  When any
adjustment  is  required  to  be  made in the Market Value, the number of shares
comprising  the tranches making up the bonuses to be paid pursuant to this First
Amendment  shall  be  changed to the number determined by dividing (i) an amount
equal  to the number of shares comprising the tranches immediately prior to such
adjustment,  multiplied  by the Market Value in effect immediately prior to such
adjustment,  by  (ii)  the  Market  Value  in  effect  immediately  after  such
adjustment.

(d)     Employee  may,  at  his election, terminate Employee's employment at any
time  upon a "Change in Control" after the giving of 15 days written notice, and
thereupon  Employee's  employment with Employer will terminate 15 days after the
giving  of  the  notice  or  (if later) on the date specified in the notice. For
purposes of this Agreement, a "Change in Control" shall mean the approval by the
stockholders  of  Employer  of:  (i)  a merger, consolidation, share exchange or
reorganization  involving  Employer,  unless  the  stockholders  of  Employer,
immediately before such merger, consolidation, share exchange or reorganization,
own,  directly  or  indirectly immediately following such merger, consolidation,
share  exchange  or reorganization, at least 80% of the combined voting power of
the  outstanding  voting  securities of the corporation that is the successor in
such  merger,  consolidation,  share exchange or reorganization in substantially
the  same  proportion  as  their  ownership of the Voting Securities immediately
before  such  merger,  consolidation,  share  exchange or reorganization; (ii) a
complete  liquidation  or dissolution of Employer; or (iii) an agreement for the
sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Employer.
In  the  event  that  either  Employee  or  the  Company  terminates  Employee's
employment  upon  a  Change  in Control, Employee shall be entitled to be issued
immediately pursuant to this First Amendment all of the 120,000 shares of Common
Stock  that  have  not  already  been  issued  pursuant to this First Amendment.

     (e)     The  provisions of this First Amendment are subject to the approval
of  a majority of Employer's outstanding shares and the listing of the shares to
be  issued  in  connection  herewith  with  the  American  Stock  Exchange."
2.  Miscellaneous.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Agreement
is  not  amended,  modified  or  affected  by  this  First  Amendment. Except as
expressly  set  forth  herein,  all  of  the  terms,  conditions,  covenants,
representations, warranties and all other provisions of the Agreement are herein
ratified  and  confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect. On and after
the  date  on  which  this  First  Amendment  becomes  effective,  the  terms,
"Agreement," "hereof," "herein," "hereunder" and terms of like import, when used
herein  or  in the Agreement shall, except where the context otherwise requires,
refer to the Agreement, as amended by this First Amendment. This First Amendment
may  be  executed  into  one or more counterparts, and it shall not be necessary
that  the  signatures  of all parties hereto be contained on any one counterpart
hereof;  each counterpart shall be deemed an original, but all of which together
shall  constitute  one  and  the  same  instrument.


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IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF, this First Amendment to the Agreement is adopted effective
as  of  the  1st  day  of  January,  2006.

"COMPANY"                            "AUSTIN"

WESTSIDE  ENERGY  CORPORATION        /s/ Sean J. Austin
By:/s/ Douglas G. Manner             Sean J. Austin
Name:Douglas G. Manner
Title:Chief Executive Officer