RECENTLY I MET with Shane Rattenbury, ACT Government Attorney General and Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, to have a chat about his latest EV purchase, and his vision for the future of zero emissions transport in the region. Shane has recently become an EV enthusiast having purchased a new MG
Author: Graham Franklin-Browne
EVs: Mark from Queanbeyan brings ‘EVan’ to local life
This is the first of a series of short pieces profiling local business folk and drivers of electric vehicles who are promoting or adopting sustainable electric transport solutions in our region. Meet ‘EVan’. NO, NOT THE GUY in the red shirt, that’s Mark Hemmingsen, the Managing Director of Electric Vehicles Canberra, a
Tesla and EV going forward: the cars applaud, so does our correspondent
FOLLOWING HOT on the heels of an interminable Tesla shareholder meeting, remotely chairwomaned by Australia’s own Robin Denholm, the long-awaited YouTube Tesla Battery Day turned out to be a bizarre but very interesting event. Without a doubt, there was a lot of fantastic new battery tech introduced by Elon Musk and
1414 Degrees — Damned Hot! But will do us good.
In the COVID-19 recovery phase innovation and new industries vital for Australia. Here’s another one forging ahead. 1414 degrees? Hot, right? That’s damned hot — hot enough to melt silicon, and store vast amounts of renewable energy. 1414 Degrees is also the name of a South Australian company developing and commercialising thermal
Community power for NSW — the little company that could
A SMALL COMMUNITY-owned energy retailer has big plans to expand its community-based energy operations throughout regional and metropolitan NSW and to other states. From its home base in Byron Bay, Enova Community Energy Ltd is currently rolling out its services in Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong and to the whole of NSW
Australian Red Cross looking for plasma donors
FOR DISTRICT BULLETIN readers who are already Red Cross Blood Service donors, or considering becoming a donor, and regularly visit, or work in Canberra’s Civic and Garran precincts, why not consider donating plasma? Plasma can be donated at the new Civic Plasma Donor Centre at 4 Mort Street, or if you
Game-changing renewables industry PLUS jobs for NSW
Bryce Wilson Labor candidate for Monaro post 28 February: NSW Labor is unveiling much-needed and change-oriented policy promises for all sectors from health and education to energy and transport and country care. A massive shift on the environmental front — that affects everyone — is Labor’s promised transition to a renewables-based
Labor’s Bryce Wilson: regional schools, health funding top list
In early February, Graham Franklin-Browne attended Wilson’s campaign launch. The Labor candidate has been on the campaign trail for the past 18 months, meeting and listening to voters. He’ll be out there until election day March 23. COUNTRY LABOR CANDIDATE Bryce Wilson spoke to an enthusiastic crowd of over 100 friends
Renewable Energy for Monaro — when do we want it?
Queanbeyan audience hears Monaro could repower the state for less cost then new coal WHILE THE CURRENT government is busy turning off the lights and committing Australia to another decade of coal-powered darkness, around the country the electorate is moving on with the push for cleaner and more reliable energy. In our
Repower Monaro
Community group to politicians: where are you? MORE THAN 30 supporters of regional clean energy action group, Repower Monaro, gathered outside John Barilaro's Queanbeyan office last week. It was part of a local push for the NSW government to break the state’s addiction to fossil fuels and commit to a cleaner