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Australians have endured a number of severe weather events and bushfires over recent years. Last month’s single day of extreme winds and storms resulted in thousands of Victorian homes losing power. Many still haven’t been reconnected weeks later. That follows storms and flash flooding in June that saw some areas without power for weeks, impacting... Read More

What is green hydrogen … and a few other things you might like to know Green hydrogen is an energy carrier. But, unlike fossil fuels, it’s becoming cheaper, it will never run out, and we won’t cook the planet.’  That was what Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest said in an address to the National Press Club a... Read More

You might have heard Barnaby Joyce reference an energy crisis in the United Kingdom last week when warning Australians of the dangers of committing to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. With everything else going on in our world in these COVID times, unless you have relatives in the UK, you could be excused for not... Read More

We know every household is different and different people have different ways they like to do things, including their household budgeting. However, we also know the one thing that upsets people more than almost anything else is bill shock. Not getting a bill for months means energy users are kept in the dark, blissfully unaware... Read More

Something your kids can learn about at home: saving energy We know a lot of parents would be happy if they never again heard the term ‘remote learning’! If you are helping your kids learn at home, make sure you don’t put too much pressure on yourself or them. After all, the collective spirit of... Read More

Most Australians believe that the future is solar powered. Our world-leading penetration of rooftop solar is just one pointer to a general enthusiasm across our nation for harnessing the abundant energy of sunlight. Last year’s Climate of the Nation report found “over half (54%) of Australians rank solar as their number one energy source and... Read More