{"id":4303,"date":"2014-12-01T19:46:32","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T09:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=4303"},"modified":"2017-10-25T09:45:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T23:15:53","slug":"role-renewables-victorian-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/role-renewables-victorian-election\/","title":{"rendered":"The role of renewables in the Victorian election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4306\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/vote.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4306\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/vote.jpg\" alt=\"vote paper\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Were Victorians Sick Of the Liberal&#8217;s Anti Renewables Agenda?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sometimes satire says it best. As one superbly entertaining online news company put it, this week saw the Victorian electorate dump \u201cWhatisname\u201d in favour of \u201cThatotherguy\u201d. Labor\u2019s Daniel Andrews (\u201cThatotherguy\u201d) gave the federal Liberals a huge shake when he ousted the Liberal Party\u2019s Denis Napthine, the first time since 1955 that a Victorian government has been ousted in one term. However we at SolarQuotes are digging deeper, asking how much the federal government\u2019s prolonged and rasping attack on renewable energy played its part in the Vic Libs\u2019 stunning loss.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s always difficult to transpose federal issues into a state election result. As is traditionally the case, the feds will say the state election was fought on state issues (if they did badly) with the Opposition stating that federal issues played a key part. These battle lines are being drawn as we speak and being played out in our media outlets.<\/p>\n<p>However is there a clear point that both major parties are missing? That the federal government\u2019s ideological attack on renewable energy in favour of fossil fuel has put the Australian people offside? If so the Victorian election should be seen as a mid-term report card on the federal government\u2019s lack of support for renewable energy such as rooftop solar, a key consideration as they attempt to dismantle the Renewable Energy Target and other renewable energy mainstays such as ARENA.<\/p>\n<p>Victorian Labor\u2019s promise to contribute funding towards the building of a 100 percent solar energy town in Newstead, near Bendigo, may have been a key factor in highlighting the parties\u2019 support for renewables. While the commitment of $200,000 to a solar town is ahem&#8230;modest to say the least, it may reflect how Vic Labor intends to show the way on renewables, perhaps in an attempt to reflect the more progressive policies of neighbouring South Australia.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNewstead will be a leading example of what can be achieved when locals and government work together,\u201d Shadow Minister for Energy and Resources, Lily D\u2019Ambrosio said in a statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Add to that the pro-renewables Greens\u2019 success in gaining their first Lower House seat of Melbourne (at time of writing they are ahead in counting) and you start to get an idea that the electorate is sending a pro-renewable energy message to anyone who\u2019ll listen.<\/p>\n<p>Coupled with the federal non existent support for renewables was that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatecouncil.org.au\/staterenewables\" target=\"_blank\">an influential report from the Climate Council<\/a>,\u00a0released just before the election, showed that the then Liberal\/National government was one of the worst performing in Australia over renewables. The report found the state had gone backwards on support for renewable energy and still sourced around 90 percent of its energy from highly polluting brown coal.<\/p>\n<p>The Victorian election result may have finally shown the federal government that its scorched earth attack on renewable energy is not only counterproductive but also toxic at the ballot box. You can be sure that the federal Coalition and Labor analysts are looking at renewable energy such as support for solar power as a key issue in the leadup to the next federal election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes satire says it best. As one superbly entertaining online news company put it, this week saw the Victorian electorate dump \u201cWhatisname\u201d in favour of \u201cThatotherguy\u201d. 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