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
Author: Graham Franklin-Browne
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
Jupiter Wind Farm — it’s not easy being green
The Jupiter Wind Farm proposal east of Tarago was withdrawn by the proponents in March. The resident opposition, which fired off several hundred submissions to the NSW government – leading to a negative planning recommendation – expressed satisfaction. For the rest of us the question arose: how did it come
National Energy Guarantee — what’s it mean for lights, power, jobs?
Let no waste be wasted
A visit to the Veolia waste treatment plant at Woodlawn By Graham Franklin-Browne. EVER WONDERED how geographically vast Sydney really is, or how far its presence extends? For most of us around here the state capital still seems a respectable distance away – and we generally like to keep it that way. It's a
Sanjeev Gupta – ‘can-do’ steel magnate brushes away coal cloud in Australia
In spite of floor-crossing Tony and his recent tweet-bleat that Malcolm is flirting 'unconscionably' with the renewables sector, yet another industrial heavyweight has emerged from beneath the coal cloud to help Australia transition to a more rational energy future. Not long after Elon Musk's pledge to help out with South Australia's
Households struggling with increased energy costs
Tips for swapping retailers As government staggers toward a solution for Australia's energy woes, online energy brokers are reporting a large increase in the number of calls from business and residential consumers desperate to secure a better deal from energy retailers Corporate Affairs manager for online comparison service, iSelect, Laura Crowden, recently
Electric vehicles in Australia – can we just get on with it please!
Just when I thought I had witnessed the total eclipse of our automobile industry, it seems that electric vehicles may help Australia stay in the vehicle manufacturing business after all. Last July, the first Australian-made electric truck rolled off the lines at Melbourne's SEA electric vehicle plant. With a range of
Seniors under shadow of wrecking ball
Queanbeyan senior citizens were dismayed to learn last month that they may have become the first casualties of QPRC's planned redevelopment of the Queanbeyan CBD. In July the Queanbeyan Senior Citizens Group received official notification from council that it would have to move from its purpose-built centre off Crawford Street by
Queanbeyan’s controversial new road goes to tender assessment
Despite vigorous neighbourhood protest over poor public consultation, loss of amenity and and habitat destruction along the proposed roadway through suburbs and bushland, the controversial, Ellerton-Drive Extension (EDE) project has been pushed another step towards construction. In May Queanbeyan-Palerang Council received seven tenders and six alternative proposals for the construction project.