Queensland Premier Campbell Newman must have one hell of a solar headache today. His announcement to cut the 44 cent net feed-in tariff provided the industry and solar consumers with a window of opportunity to...
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Warren Snowdon, said more than 200,000 service pensioners and war widows have received a household assistance advance payment of $250 for singles or $380 for couples combined. Veterans and war widows...
The Tax Office has released a suite of fact sheets relating to the tax changes arising from the Government's Household Assistance Package for low and middle income families under the Clean Energy Future initiative. Household...
The Queensland State Government is pulling $75 million out of a renewable energy power project, effectively wiping out up to 400 jobs. Regional Queensland was set to be home to one of the biggest combination...
Grant Behrendorff, electrical engineer and director of Evolve Energy in Cairns, was a member of the team which developed and built a high quality model for electrifying remote Indian villages using solar power. The Bushlight...
More than 4500 jobs could go in the next 12 months as a result of the Queensland Government’s decision to axe an incentive for people to purchase solar power systems, according to analysis commissioned by...
The commencement of the carbon price last Sunday represented a key step in the transformation of Australia’s energy sector, moving Australia toward a clean energy economy that will protect consumers from rising costs over the...
The Newman Government yesterday announced yet another blow to the renewable energy industry - the closure if the solar hot water rebate. The Queensland Government says this will save $10 million over an unspecified period....
Bec Pope is saving $100 a quarter since she installed solar hot water in her home, but this was just the first stage her electricity cost-cutting plan. The young mum also looked into getting solar...
Yesterday, the Queensland Government broke its election promise to retain the 44 cent feed-in tariff for solar PV generation only three months after being elected. Was this entirely foreseeable? Yes, in fact following Campbell Newman’s...
The 100% Renewable community campaign yesterday welcomed Tony Abbott’s ongoing support for the Renewable Energy Target and his willingness to listen to the evidence that renewable energy is keeping power prices rises down. “On Monday,...
In less than a week, households and businesses will face the biggest tax shake-up in more than a decade, as the carbon price and major changes to tax rates and family payments take effect. The...
Harvey Norman has thrown its support behind solar panel importer CBD Energy with a large order it says will position the discounter as a market leader. The deal is expected to deliver enough units to...
BOB Brown has resigned as leader of the Australian Greens and will quit the Senate after 16 years in parliament. Senator Brown, 67, told Greens colleagues of the decision at a meeting this morning and...
The Queensland government’s efforts to open the state for business could be delayed for more than 12 months after the minority federal Labor government blasted the state's “shambolic” environmental approvals. The conservative Liberal National Party...
A federal coalition government could encourage large businesses to "bid" to use less energy on peak-demand days as a way of reducing future electricity price rises for households. Climate action spokesman Greg Hunt says a...
