15 May 2013: The Sydney Morning Herald reported the Energy Efficiency Council criticising the Government for their bizarre move to save a few million dollars by closing the Community Energy Efficiency Program and Low-Income Energy Efficiency Program early.
To read the Sydney Morning Herald article entitled, 'Poor lose out in energy efficiency cuts' by Peter Hannam,.
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Category Archives: Consumers
By Fiona Berry, University of Technology, Sydney
In Europe and America, electricity retailers let their customers know whether their electricity is coming from renewable energy or fossil fuels. In Australia, your retailer has no such obligation.
The Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at University of Technology Sydney and The Total Environment Centre recently decided.
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By Alan Morris and Lynne Chester
The well-being of low-income Australian households is being seriously undermined by the increasing cost of housing and electricity. Many such households are suffering from both housing stress and energy poverty.
Housing stress occurs when low-income households (the bottom 40% of households) use about a third of their income to.
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