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Here’s how to create jobs for First Nations Australians in the clean energy transition
July 11, 2024
By Chris Briggs, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures at University of Technology Sydney and Ruby Heard, PhD candidate in energy justice at The University of Melbourne. This article is republished from The Conversation under a...
Read More ShareSolar Citizens' path to New Vehicle Efficiency Standards
June 04, 2024
It's been a long journey and taken several years but on the 16th of May the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) legislation passed Federal Parliament. This legislation will bring more affordable electric vehicles, and...
Read More ShareSolar Citizens Statement on the Voice to Parliament
August 22, 2023
Solar Citizens supports a ‘Yes’ vote in the upcoming Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament Referendum.
Read More ShareCommunity Batteries: An Inside Look into Battery Trials
May 05, 2023
For the last few years I have been a member of the Ausgrid NIAC – the Network Innovation Advisory Committee – on behalf of Solar Citizens. This involves attending a couple of meetings a...
Read More ShareLaunching the Electric Ute Roadshow
March 24, 2023
While the cities are starting to speed ahead with the shift to electric vehicles (EVs), regional Australians are paying the price at the petrol pump and missing out on affordable EVs. The petrol car...
Read More ShareSolar Citizens Supports Voice, Treaty, Truth
March 21, 2023
At its heart, Solar Citizens’ mission is to reduce carbon pollution and build a fairer energy system for all Australians. At the core of those goals are the values of protecting this land’s precious...
Read More ShareQueensland 2023 policy asks
February 14, 2023
Right now Queenslanders are facing a cost of living crisis while dealing with the worsening impacts of climate change. Fast-tracking the rollout of renewable energy, and ensuring clean and affordable energy is accessible to...
Read More ShareSolar for All Needed for Healthy Homes
January 09, 2023
Summer has arrived and with it, the heatwaves, severe storms and extreme weather. During the summer months, I struggle to keep my poorly insulated Queenslander cool as temperatures soar - not helped by the...
Read More ShareFive Ways the Australian Government Can Accelerate Clean Energy and Transport
November 22, 2022
Australia is lucky: we have incredible renewable energy resources that can be turned into abundant, cheap energy, as well as deposits of key minerals needed to make technology like battery storage and solar panels....
Read More ShareWe won! Queensland's Plan to Repower
October 01, 2022
Big news out of the Sunshine State: the Queensland Government has announced their 10-Year Energy Plan including an increased Renewable Energy Target of 70% by 2032!
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