This is the second and final report for the Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living research project RP3038, Lower income barriers to low carbon living. The first report, Summary of focus group and survey findings, detailed the findings from our focus group discussions with lower income households across four Australian jurisdictions.

On 13 October 2016, the Senate referred the following matter to the Environment and Communications References Committee for inquiry and interim report by 28 November 2016 and final report by 1 February 2017: (a) the experience of closures of electricity generators and other large industrial assets on workers and communities, both in Australia and overseas...

The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) is calling for public submissions on a new plan to strengthen power system security. This directions paper recommends mechanisms to facilitate the ability of the power system to accommodate new technologies. The transition to a lower emissions power system has its challenges. The take-up of non-synchronous, intermittent generation like...

The national energy market is failing South Australia and the nation. Our country, with its abundance of solar, wind and gas resources, is now facing an energy crisis. We also have a system that puts profits before people. While coal-fired power stations across Australia are shutting down, an absence of coherent national energy policy and...

This research paper provides an examination of Victorian electricity and gas energy sources, markets and current issues facing consumers, participants, regulators and governments.