Seeds of Renewal is a grants program, supported by ANZ, which aims to contribute to building thriving communities in regional Australia. In 2012, the program will provide grants of up to $10,000 to community organisations...
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...
Some of the nation's most powerful business peak bodies have been taken on by the consumer watchdog over their claims that the carbon tax would cause power prices to rise by up to 20 per...
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,...
One of the chief criticisms that fossil fuel narks have of solar power is its alleged inability to provide base load power. This is defined as the minimum amount of energy needed over a 24 hour period...
GENEROUS incentives for installing solar panels and returning power to the electricity grid are the latest victims of State Government cost-cutting. Despite an election commitment to "maintain the Solar Bonus Scheme", Energy Minister Mark McArdle...
The most recent setback for the Australia’s solar industry is set to cut thousands of jobs across Queensland. It is announced that Premier Campbell Newman is cutting back Queensland's solar feed-in tariff from 44c per kWh...
