Victorian Government radical energy retrofit

Quietly, while hardly anyone was looking, the Victorian government has pushed through one of the most radical energy efficiency programs in Australia’s history. The big question is, why isn’t every government in the country doing the same? Under the Victorian program, taxpayers will save around $1 billion in energy bills for their.

In a recent study, researchers from Green Budget Germany (GBG) took a closer look at these hidden costs, in order to get a better idea of electricity’s true cost. Their new research calculated the health and environmental expenses related to various currently-available energy sources. According to that research, the cheapest energy sources in the world.

Environment minister Tony Burke says the Australian Institute of Marine Science report on the Barrier Reef, which predicts that as little as 6 per cent of the coral could remain by 2020, would send shockwaves through the community and sound a loud and clear warning bell about the future of the reef. The full interview.

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EMMA ALBERICI: Are Australians now, do you think, sufficiently aware of what's coming in terms of this reversal of economic fortunes? ROSS GARNAUT: I don't think the community as a whole is. Certainly the rhetoric from the Government about restraint in government expenditure is consistent with what's required, and in fact in the last couple.