The election so far has hardly focused on renewable energy,
however both major political parties are supporting the continuation of the
Renewable Energy Target, although the Australian Liberal opposition party has
proposed a review of the scheme to consider modifications for the reduction of
electricity costs for householders and industry. Additionally, the opposition party has put
forward a ‘million solar roofs’ policy to increase the proportion of domestic
solar microgeneration systems in Australia.
I recently attended a forum where members of the federal
Labor and Greens parties battled it out over Climate Change issues. Disappointingly the Liberal candidate never
showed up - but there was still a large amount of discussion going on! You can see a summary of my comments on my
blog.