Four states have supported the mandatory introduction of remote switch-off capability for new air conditioners and other appliances, and a federal review has recommended changing an energy efficiency law to make it possible.
A long-awaited South Australian scheme to finance building retrofits is finally underway, and there is rapidly growing interest in an equivalent Victorian program.
The Queensland government says it will regulate carbon emissions through the Environmental Protection Act if an effective national strategy isn't in place by 2020.