Cathy McGowan (Indi, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Energy. The government tells us that Australia should be able to achieve the policy trifecta of energy—that is affordable, reliable and secure. Feedback from my electorate is that energy also should be sustainable.

Across Australia there are more than 60 groups developing community energy projects. The most popular are community solar projects. In Indi alone 24 per cent of households have rooftop solar. The community initiative Totally Renewable Yackandandah continues to drive amazing change at the grass roots level.

My question is: what support can the minister and the government offer to communities in rural and regional Australia to help us move to a community energy model?

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