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Australia needs fuel efficiency standards with teeth to end the electric vehicle roadblock
August 08, 2022
8th August 2022: Australia needs fuel efficiency standards with teeth to end the electric vehicle roadblock Clean Transport advocates Solar Citizens have criticised revelations from a report leaked this morning that the Federal Chamber...
Read More ShareQueensland’s Solar on Schools Program Shines
July 28, 2022
28 July 2022: Queensland’s Solar on Schools Program Shines Community group Solar Citizens today congratulates the Queensland Government on beating their target for the rollout of solar on schools. A total of 200,000 panels...
Read More ShareFederal Government to fall short of its electric vehicle sales target
July 26, 2022
26th July 2022: Federal Government to fall short of its electric vehicle sales target New research unveiled this morning shows the Federal Government will fall short of their 89 per cent electric vehicle (EV)...
Read More ShareSolar Citizens welcomes ACT Zero Emissions Vehicle Strategy
July 21, 2022
21st July 2022: Solar Citizens welcomes ACT Zero Emissions Vehicle Strategy Clean transport advocates Solar Citizens have welcomed the comprehensive and ambitious policy announced yesterday in the ACT’s 2022-2030 Zero Emissions Vehicles Strategy. “During...
Read More ShareFederal Intervention Welcomed on Victoria's Premature EV Tax
July 18, 2022
18th July 2022: Federal Intervention Welcomed on Victoria's Premature EV Tax Clean transport advocates Solar Citizens have welcomed the move by the Federal Government to join a legal bid to strike down Victoria’s controversial electric...
Read More ShareSkills Training Key to Unlocking Townsville’s Hydrogen Potential
July 12, 2022
12 July 2022: Skills Training Key to Unlocking Townsville’s Hydrogen Potential Solar Citizens this morning welcomes an announcement that TAFE Queensland and Ark Energy Corporation Pty Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...
Read More ShareHousehold Solar Slashing Queensland’s Staggering Electricity Prices
July 07, 2022
7 July 2022: Household Solar Slashing Queensland’s Staggering Electricity Prices Queensland’s 870,000 solar homes and businesses effectively provided up to $60 million worth of free electricity to the grid in May and helped drive...
Read More ShareAustralian consumers missing out on supply of affordable EVs
July 01, 2022
1st July 2022: Australian consumers missing out on supply of affordable EVs Clean transport advocates Solar Citizens have welcomed today's stronger tax cuts for electric vehicles from the federal government, but warn that without...
Read More SharePayments to Unreliable Coal and Gas Slammed
June 20, 2022
20 June 2022: Payments to Unreliable Coal and Gas Slammed Community group Solar Citizens has today slammed plans by the Energy Security Board to implement a capacity market that would include payments to ageing...
Read More ShareSolar Citizens Responds to Sun Tax Scare
June 15, 2022
15 June 2022: Solar Citizens Responds to Sun Tax Scare There is no indication that the Queensland Government is considering implementing the sun tax, says community group Solar Citizens. “When the Australian Energy Market...
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