Media Releases
Solar Citizens to give evidence at Senate Inquiry into ‘goldplating’ of electricity network
February 17, 2015
Solar Citizens will today give evidence on behalf of 550 solar homeowners who feel they have been unfairly treated by the big electricity companies at the Federal Senate Inquiry into the performance and management...
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February 10, 2015
Media reports today on the workings of the Renewable Energy Target (RET) are misleading, with evidence that the Target works to reduce power prices for all Australian consumers, according to Solar Citizens. National Director Claire...
Read More ShareAttacks on solar owners must end after huge swings in Sunshine State
February 01, 2015
Solar voters have helped deliver a shock double-digit swing away from the LNP in Queensland after bitter attacks from former Premier Campbell Newman on solar home owners. Solar Citizens National Director Claire O’Rourke said...
Read More ShareNew Scorecard launches: Queensland’s solar future at stake in weekend poll
January 29, 2015
Solar Citizens has launched a new Election 2015 Solar Scorecard so Queenslanders heading to the polls on Saturday are able to “Vote 1 Sun”. “Our Solar Scorecard lays out all of the major parties’...
Read More ShareQueensland's sunny solar future at stake in upcoming election
January 15, 2015
Solar Citizens across Queensland are calling on major political parties to deliver stronger commitments to support rooftop solar and renewable energy ahead of the January 31 state election. According to National Director Claire O’Rourke...
Read More ShareOne in five Australian households are now powered by solar energy
December 03, 2014
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has confirmed that the solar revolution is taking place on rooftops across the nation with the release of new data today showing one in five households now use solar...
Read More ShareNew national poll finds Australians want more solar, renewables
December 01, 2014
Australia’s politicians are lagging far behind the community who are overwhelmingly in support of all types of renewable energy, according to new research for Solar Citizens. Despite sustained attacks on renewable energy from the...
Read More ShareGovernment must halt attempts to cut solar and renewables and support Australian families
November 12, 2014
Solar Citizens welcome Labor’s decision to walk away from the Renewable Energy Target (RET) negotiations following the Abbott Government’s repeated attempts to destroy the solar and renewables industry.
Read More ShareSENATOR RICKY MUIR CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR FULL RENEWABLE ENERGY TARGET
November 06, 2014
Solar Citizens welcomes Senator Ricky Muir’s commitment to a full 41,000 gigawatt hour Renewable Energy Target (RET).
Read More ShareProtecting the Renewable Energy Target opportunity helps Aussies and the planet
November 03, 2014
Solar Citizens is calling on the Federal Government to abandon its attempt to cut the Renewable Energy Target following the release of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.
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