Briefing paper
A pipeline of profits: how gas lobbyists are keeping us hooked on expensive, climate-wrecking gas appliances
The gas industry have successfully resisted moves to regulate them and the gas appliance industry has never been willing to work constructively with government, and it is their customers who lose out. This briefing paper covers: how the gas lobby operates to the detriment of Victorians and blocked regulation of its products, how gas appliances...
Briefing paper
Gas substitution in Victoria: policy solutions for GSR 2.0
When released in July 2022, the Gas Substitution Roadmap (GSR) took the important step of communicating the government’s intention to phase out the use of methane gas in Victoria. This paper provides five policy recommendations for the first update of the GSR.
Report
It's a gas: how ditching gas this winter can cut heating bills by 75%
This paper argues there has never been a better time for Victorians to switch to efficient, electric appliances in their homes.
Report
Doomed without a drink
The Basin Plan is one of the key mechanisms through which state and federal governments aim to fulfil their international obligations to prevent extinction and support the recovery of threatened species. More than a decade since the Basin Plan commenced and as key deadlines loom, this report examines whether the approach to implementation in Victoria...
Report
Gas sector emissions and Victoria's new 2035 climate targets
This report provides an overview of gas use in Victoria, the climate impact of gas, gas industry demand forecasts, Victoria's new 2035 emissions reduction targets & comparison of gas industry forecasts with emissions targets.