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Policy & Planning

Practical, equitable … cute? Labor’s free solar plan sparks call for more electrification, and flexibility
Free electricity for three hours a day! What’s not to love? But energy experts say it should be a base for a bigger push into electrification and demand flexibility.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 4, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Solar Sharer: Bowen wants retailers to offer free electricity for three hours in middle of every day
Electricity retailers will be required to offer free solar power to households for at least three hours in the middle of each day, in a radical federal government reform.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 3, 2025

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Policy & Planning

“Intermittent coal:” Bowen tells right-wing think tank and fierce critic that it’s got it wrong on renewables
Energy minister Chris Bowen takes the fight to one of the government’s loudest critics, saying the right wing think tank has got it wrong on renewables and coal.
Giles Parkinson & Sophie Vorrath

Oct 24, 2025

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Policy & Planning

AEMO boss says energy retailers need to make VPPs more attractive for homes with PV and batteries
AEMO boss says energy retailers need to convince customers that VPPs offer good deal for their PV and batteries, and play a key role in the grid.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 21, 2025

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Podcasts

SwitchedOn podcast: How to escape the gas death spiral
Australia’s gas network rules are outdated — and consumers are paying the price. Vulnerable households could be trapped in a ‘gas death spiral,’ facing ever-rising bills as others go electric.
Anne Delaney

Oct 1, 2025

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Victorian Government

VicGrid makes community engagement a condition of grid access
Victoria’s draft grid access rules make grid access conditional on doing community engagement well.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 23, 2025

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Podcasts

SwitchedOn podcast: The renewables lifeline for struggling farmers
Fourth-generation farmer Charlie Prell explains how after years of drought and falling commodity prices, wind turbines helped secure his farm’s future. But he says some developers have left scars that still fuel distrust.
Anne Delaney

Sep 18, 2025

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Renewables

Solar, batteries and electric boats: 100 pct renewable plan to save Pacific Islands from crippling cost of diesel
Proposal to help Pacific Islands get to 100 pct renewables and slash crippling cost of diesel could form key part of partnership with Australia for UN climate conference.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 9, 2025

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Podcasts

SwitchedOn podcast: What happens when an entire community decides to ditch gas and go electric?
Rewiring Australia’s John Buchelin outlines what’s working, and what’s not, in the country’s most ambitious community electrification pilot.
Anne Delaney

Sep 3, 2025

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Podcasts

SwitchedOn podcast: Saul Griffith wants “consumer army” to plug in and fight back
Households, electrification, and consumer power collide in Griffith’s roadmap for cutting emissions, saving money, and reshaping Australia’s energy future.
Anne Delaney

Aug 27, 2025

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Renewables

Local council seeks $40 billion wind and solar windfall, despite state ripping up renewable targets
A Queensland shire council lays out strategy to attract up to $40 billion in investment in new wind and solar, despite state government ripping up renewable targets.
Joshua S Hill

Aug 26, 2025

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Climate

Australia urged to go hard on 2035 targets as latest data points to solid fall in emissions in last year
Latest data shows Australia is on track on its emissions targets. And while Albanese slams the Coalition as anti-science, is Labor prepared to actually follow the science?
Giles Parkinson

Aug 25, 2025

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