Australia’s energy system favours households with wealth, secure housing and flexibility – leaving millions exposed as heatwaves intensify.
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Macquarie University
Changes to the Cheaper Home Batteries Program are a step in the right direction, but more are needed to make it fair.
Early warnings about the Cheaper Home Batteries Program have come true. But there are ways to fix it.
Energy stress is a significantly bigger problem for Indigenous households. Indigenous communities also need a genuine say on renewable or mineral projects on their land.
Labor’s promised subsidies for home batteries have to be well targeted. If not, they could simply make rich households richer.
The very people most in need of the cost savings from installing solar panels are missing out. Better policies are needed to make home solar systems accessible to all Australians.
People struggling to pay their power bills may never have anticipated experiencing such hardship. It’s time to tackle energy equity head-on.
Having a carbon price is linked to lower emissions growth. A larger price cuts emissions by more.
We have quantified the effects of twelve power station closures in five states. Local unemployment shoots up and comes down only slowly.
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