Better energy efficiency lowers electricity bills, manages energy demand and helps the climate. Unfortunately, Australia is going nowhere on this cheap, simple measure.
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The rules governing Australia's electricity market are more than 20 years old and no longer serve consumers, or climate action. But big energy companies are using COVID-19 to delay reform.
The federal government is spending $94 million to buy cheap oil. Instead, Australia should use the money to manufacture our own energy.
For the next couple of decades, Snowy 2.0 will in fact store coal-fired electricity, not renewable electricity.
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Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University
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Scientia Fellow and Associate Professor in International Relations / International Political Economy, UNSW
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Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in the Department of Modern History, Politics & International Relations, Macquarie University
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Associate professor, University of Newcastle
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Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
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Research Affiliate, Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
