Betterman; as solar systems become more efficient, more common and better connected government will easily be able to terminate subsidies.
If governments had not flogged off in firesales public power systems to an opportunistic, profit shifting and tax avoiding private sector; Australians would already have enjoyed a smooth transition to a more environmentally sustainable and cheaper renewable energy driven economy.
The sooner we stop trying to cling to our filthy past and migrate to a cleaner future the less pain we'll suffer.