06/04/2025 00:42
The Guardian
The Nationals leader said he was going to work to get more gas into the system from the Gippsland region in Victoria. Follow today’s news livePolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA million households will take up solar batteries by 2030 – WongPenny Wong has defended Labor’s announcement today that it will assist householders with rooftop solar to buy batteries, after being quizzed on how many people the policy would actually help.Can I tell you, the mismatch we’re trying to address here is we have a lot of people with solar on roofs but not a lot of people with batteries to ensure they can make full utilisation of that power. We need to bridge that gap. That’s what this policy does.It’s not the only policy we have. You have seen energy rebates. We know energy prices have been difficult, there’s a range of reasons for that. One of them is the war in Ukraine, the effect on global energy prices, and the other is nearly a decade of Coalition government where we saw supply exit the system. Continue reading...
Continua a leggere su "The Guardian"