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The States want to save the Planet.

But were elected to keep the lights ON.


Constitutionally Energy Policy is a State Responsibility.


But the Fed Govt has to intervene like they did with Gonski 2 Part 1.


Get a National Energy Policy legislated.

"The hotchpotch of state and national energy and climate policies will take a power of unwinding.

Recognising there is a drastic problem, we suppose, is at least a start.


Still, with South Australia having endured a statewide blackout last September while paying some of the highest


electricity prices in the world and other states facing power bill increases of 20 per cent or more along with fears of


supply shortages, it would be futile for anybody to deny the extent of the problem.

It is concerning that the nation has had to come this close to a crisis before a serious policy debate has even begun.