Ambitious home energy upgrade programs aimed at improving energy efficiency face several key questions and challenges if they’re to succeed.
Cost-of-living increases, inflation, and energy prices affect everyone. And that matters even more when we’re amid a significant generational shift in voting patterns.
Any incentives for energy upgrades need to consider past experience to maximise uptake, prevent unintended consequences, and reduce the likelihood that such schemes will further entrench disadvantage.
Australians want government to act on climate change, but not necessarily now, or in their neighbourhood. How can governments resolve this dilemma?
A new report has found that electrifying the residential sector will result in cutting household energy costs, provide health benefits, and drive job creation.
Existing research evidence suggests the hegemony of neoliberal measures within Australian welfare policy has resulted in higher, not lower, levels of social and economic injustice.
A four-year study of households has shown how the increasing focus on our homes as sites of work, rest and play can increase energy use despite soaring prices.
Households and businesses are set for more hip-pocket pain after regulators flagged hefty electricity price rises in four Australian states.
After a decade of climate wars, Australia is suddenly united, with state, territory and federal governments aiming for net zero by 2050 for the first time.
In what is the first COP since Labor took office in May this year, there are positive signs of Australia picking up its game on climate policy.
The first Labor budget in nine years, delivered against a grim economic backdrop, contains few surprises as it charts Australia's way through uncertain times and high-cost hazards.
The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has kept poverty and inequality on the policy agenda.
The Conservative Party is hopelessly stuck in the 1980s, and it may yet be the undoing of Liz Truss as prime minister.
There are good reasons for the federal government to abolish the Cashless Debit Card, but what about the BasicsCard?
If they can gain the support of the Senate crossbench, the Australian government’s climate change bills are expected to become law next month.
Seal it up? Open it up? Air quality is a growing concern for Australian households, and the gap between energy advice and health advice leaves many people confused.
A new study has found extreme cold weather increased the risk of death in Italy during the pandemic, and while Australian conditions are different, there are valuable lessons to be learned.
The use of air purifiers is on the rise, but the energy sector is yet to consider what the uptake might mean for household energy use and our decarbonisation goals.
A 2050 net zero goal will provide clarity, ambition and focus. But Scott Morrison must back rhetoric with investment and policy commensurate with the task.
Relationships from friendships, business partnerships and even marriages continue to be forged at Monash. Read stories from fellow Monash alumni on how they 'met at Monash'.
The controversial HomeBuilder scheme could come with a big upside – making old homes more energy-efficient.
Many more households face financial hardship and discomfort at home this winter, as we physically self-isolate from work, family and friends due to COVID-19.
Some of Australia's biggest property companies are making ambitious emissions-reduction pledges – but how well are they really doing?
Energy is big business. How will economies cope with the switch to green energy? ‘A Different Lens’ investigates.
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