Australia will be led by a Prime Minister committed to a carbon price and who has entered into an alliance with the Greens after independents Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott this afternoon backed Labor to form the next Government.
The renewables industry must settle its internal differences or run the risk of squandering its 'best ever political opportunity', Greens Deputy Leader Christine Milne said today.
Electricity bills throughout Australia will carry data showing households how their energy use compares with others in the same climate zone, in the wake of a RIS demonstrating a substantial net economic benefit.
Twenty one companies, including AGL and TRUenergy, have issued an open letter to all major political parties calling for a price on carbon "as soon as possible".
Victoria's EPA has gained new powers to regulate industry greenhouse gas emissions following the passage of a landmark climate change bill that also mandates a statewide 20% cut in emissions by 2020.
By 2015, about a quarter of Sydney's water should come from desalination and recycling, according to a water plan released today by the NSW Government.
