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The findings in the Climate Council’s report Electric Shock! Australia’s Lightbulb Moment, released today, confirm the huge information gap that exists among communities when it comes to renewable energy – most Australians don’t know...

"Regional and rural Australians have a healthy level of general support for renewable energy, but sentiment for individual projects is often fragile. The unaddressed issue is the vast “missing middle” of information and coordination...

"As hosts to much of the energy generation and distribution infrastructure, regional Australians deserve a concerted focus on what their needs are and how they can be met, and that’s why the Smart Energy...

"Wangaratta-based Indi Independent federal MP Helen Haines is continuing to pursue Local Energy Hubs in regional Australia, believing they are “the vital missing link” with communities, in the nation's goal of achieving net zero emissions by...

Farmers, retired coal workers and local government representatives have travelled to Canberra to explain why Local Energy Hubs are urgently needed in their communities. The group briefed politicians at an event hosted by the...

Many regional communities perceive the renewables rollout as something being done to them, not with them, but research suggests views are not fixed. RE-Alliance is pushing for the federal government to fund Local Energy...

"I think Hay is a brilliant case study of what we can and should do across regional Australia." Ms Haines wants hubs in renewable energy zones staffed by neutral advisors. "I want this to...

“In communicating with the regions you need to be providing information that’s locally based, that’s easy for people to access, and expressed in ways that makes sense to them in the place they live.”...

New polling shows the majority of Australians have no idea how much progress has been made in shifting the national electricity grid to one powered by renewable sources. The latest Essential Report shows just...

"Local Energy Hubs would be great as a network across the nation because our rural communities are expected to do a lot of the heavy lifting with the transition as we move away from coal,...