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Australian Rooftop Solar Subsidy 2019 Outlook
Australian Rooftop Solar Subsidy 2019 Outlook 18 February 2019 © Demand Manager Pty Ltd PO Box Q1251 QVB Post Office NSW 1230 AFSL 474395 www.demandmanager.com.au The material in this report is provided for general information and educative purposes only. The content does not investment advice or recommendations and should not be relied upon as such. Appropriate professional advice should be obtained for any investment decisions. While every care has been taken in the preparation of this material, Demand Manager cannot accept responsibility for any errors, including those caused by negligence, in the material. Demand Manager makes no statements, representations or warranties about the accuracy or completeness of the information and you should not rely on it. You are advised to make your own independent inquiries regarding the accuracy of any information provided in this report. Executive Summary The SRES is one half of the Australian Government’s Renewable Energy Target and offers upfront rebates to consumers installing small-scale solar power systems. This cost is borne by all electricity consumers as a levy charged per kWh of consumption. Solar power installations continue to accelerate, driven by: o Cheaper component costs; o Increasing adoption in the commercial sector; o Policy drivers in Victoria and South Australia and soon NSW In early 2018, Demand Manager forecast the cost of the SRES in 2018 to total $1.3 billion. Actual cost of the SRES in 2018 was in the order of $1.2 billion1. In our LOW case scenario, Demand Manager forecasts the economy-wide cost of the SRES to increase 30% in 2019 to $1.56 billion. -
I Justifying the Unjustifiable: a Critical Discursive Analysis of the Political
i Justifying the Unjustifiable: a critical discursive analysis of the political rhetoric of asylum Isabella Rose Loxton This thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment of the Honours degree of Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) School of Psychology University of Adelaide October 2018 Word Count: 8,900 ii Table of Contents Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................... ii Abstract ................................................................................................................................... iii Declaration............................................................................................................................... iv Acknowledgments .................................................................................................................... v Chapter 1 .................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 The Other.......................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Nationalism ...................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 The Language of Asylum ................................................................................................ -
Social Media Thought Leaders Updated for the 45Th Parliament 31 August 2016 This Barton Deakin Brief Lists
Barton Deakin Brief: Social Media Thought Leaders Updated for the 45th Parliament 31 August 2016 This Barton Deakin Brief lists individuals and institutions on Twitter relevant to policy and political developments in the federal government domain. These institutions and individuals either break policy-political news or contribute in some form to “the conversation” at national level. Being on this list does not, of course, imply endorsement from Barton Deakin. This Brief is organised by categories that correspond generally to portfolio areas, followed by categories such as media, industry groups and political/policy commentators. This is a “living” document, and will be amended online to ensure ongoing relevance. We recognise that we will have missed relevant entities, so suggestions for inclusions are welcome, and will be assessed for suitability. How to use: If you are a Twitter user, you can either click on the link to take you to the author’s Twitter page (where you can choose to Follow), or if you would like to follow multiple people in a category you can click on the category “List”, and then click “Subscribe” to import that list as a whole. If you are not a Twitter user, you can still observe an author’s Tweets by simply clicking the link on this page. To jump a particular List, click the link in the Table of Contents. Barton Deakin Pty. Ltd. Suite 17, Level 2, 16 National Cct, Barton, ACT, 2600. T: +61 2 6108 4535 www.bartondeakin.com ACN 140 067 287. An STW Group Company. SYDNEY/MELBOURNE/CANBERRA/BRISBANE/PERTH/WELLINGTON/HOBART/DARWIN -
The Slow Death of a Salesman
The slow death of a salesman Authors: Deborah Snow, Andrew West, Publication: Sydney Morning Herald Mathew Moore & Damien Murphy Section: News Review Date: 13/09/2008 Pages: 28-29 Words: 4,010 Source: SMH Like Kevin Rudd, Nathan Rees's ambition was enough to put him above other would-be contenders for political leadership. To those outside politics, Nathan Rees's installation as Premier came as a bolt from the blue. But forces working against Morris Iemma had been gathering for months. As a number of Labor insiders tell it, his unwavering support for privatisation of the state's power industry was not the only cause of Iemma's downfall. The NSW Labor headquarters in Sussex Street, under the leadership of its secretary, Karl Bitar, 37, had tu rned against Iemma months before when his disapproval ratings soared. Iemma told colleagues he detected a change in Bitar's attitude towards him from about Christmas. "By March you could see that Morris was doing worse than the party," a source said. "The punters out there thought they had been conned; Morris came in as premier and said it was a new government. They had given him the benefit of the doubt and progress had not been made. So the electorate was pissed off." Against the drum-beat of the polls, the privatisation debate was growing steadily more bitter. Party bosses had kept a tight lid on the festering tensions over electricity during last year's federal election campaign. But once that was out of the way, all bets were off. "Karl Bitar and Joh n Robertson [the UnionsNSW boss] did nothing else from the Monday after the federal election until the state party conference in May except try to manage the electricity debate," said a source. -
Australia and the Belt and Road Initiative: an Overview
Facts 澳大利亚-中国关系研究院Australia-China Relations Institute 澳大利亚-中国关系研究院 December 5 2017 Australia and the Belt and Road Initiative: An overview There was only one direct mention of the Belt That the reference to BRI was placed in the and Road Initiative (BRI) in Australia’s Foreign context of safeguards necessary for Australian Policy White Paper, released on November 23, engagement is in keeping with the manner and it signalled the Australian Government in which Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and would continue its cautious approach toward the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) initiative. Secretary Frances Adamson have publicly treated with the BRI this year.4 The White Paper acknowledged that ‘[t]he region’s infrastructure needs are massive and wide- However, the White Paper ostensibly went further ranging’.1 But it emphasised that it is in Australia’s than public comments to date in a paragraph interests ‘for this infrastructure to be developed that might be read as an acknowledgment in a way that conforms to [strong, transparent of Australia’s concern with the geostrategic rules; fair and open competition; transparent and ramifications of the initiative: 5 non-discriminatory arrangements with predictable regulatory systems].’2 Economic power is also being used for strategic ends. We are already seeing increased The paper went on to say:3 competition over regional economic integration, including in the financing of infrastructure We also favour infrastructure that has robust projects. There is a risk that trade and social and environmental safeguards and investment, which in the past have acted to avoids unsustainable debt burdens on the restrain strategic rivalry, could fuel it instead. -
Analysis of a Hybrid Renewable Energy System Including a CST Plant Utilising a Supercritical CO2 Power Cycle for Off-Grid Power Generation
THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Engineering (BE/ME) Thesis Analysis of a hybrid renewable energy system including a CST plant utilising a supercritical CO2 power cycle for off-grid power generation Student Name: Vishak BALAJI Course Code: ENGG7290 Supervisor: Professor Hal GURGENCI Submission Date: 28 June 2018 A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Engineering (BE/ME) degree in Mechanical and Materials Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology Executive Summary The electrification of remote locations that lack grid-connectivity is a global challenge. In Australia, off-grid electricity accounts for 6% of total generation. At present these needs are met through the use of fossil fuels, resulting in a high electricity cost, and environmental consequences. With the present drive towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing the use of renewable energies, there is an opportunity to transition from the use of fossil fuels in remote locations to the use of renewables. In this regard, the hybridisation of renewable technologies with diesel generators has been shown to improve reliability and increase penetration. This project aims to explore the use of a hybrid renewable energy system consisting of solar photovoltaic (PV) with battery storage, concentrating solar thermal (CST) with thermal storage and diesel generators for off-grid power generation. The analysis considers two major consumer groups, viz. mining sites and communities, at three locations – Newman, Port Augusta and Halls Creek. In particular, the solar thermal system explored utilises a supercritical carbon dioxide power cycle, due to the suitability of this technology at scales appropriate for off-grid use. -
Government Gazette of the STATE of NEW SOUTH WALES Number 33 Friday, 14 March 2008 Published Under Authority by Government Advertising
2251 Government Gazette OF THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES Number 33 Friday, 14 March 2008 Published under authority by Government Advertising LEGISLATION Regulations TRANS-TASMAN MUTUAL RECOGNITION ARRANGEMENT NOTICE I, Morris Iemma, as the designated person for the State of New South Wales and in accordance with section 43 of the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 of the Commonwealth, endorse the proposed regulations set out in the Schedule to this notice for the purposes of sections 43 and 48 of that Act. MORRIS IEMMA, Premier New South Wales 2252 LEGISLATION 14 Marh 2008 NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT GAZETTE No. 33 14 March 2008 LEGISLATION 2253 NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT GAZETTE No. 33 2254 OFFICIAL NOTICES 14 March 2008 OFFICIAL NOTICES Appointments FIRE SERVICES JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE TOURISM NEW SOUTH WALES ACT 1984 ACT 1998 Tourism New South Wales Fire Services Joint Standing Committee Appointment of Part-Time Members Appointment of Members IT is hereby notifi ed that in pursuance of section 4(3), 4(4) I, NATHAN REES, M.P., Minister for Emergency Services, and 4(5) of the Tourism New South Wales Act 1984 (as in pursuance of section 4 (2) (b) of the Fire Services Joint amended), that the following person be appointed as a part- Standing Committee Act 1998, appoint the following time member of the Board of Tourism New South Wales for person as a Member of the Fire Services Joint Standing the term of offi ce specifi ed: Committee: To appoint Leslie CASSAR, AM, as a part-time member Shane FITZSIMMONS, AFSM, and Chairman of the Board of Tourism New South Wales for the remainder of the three-year period expiring on 5 July from 14 December 2007, to the date of the Governor’s 2009. -
LCOE Analysis of Tower Concentrating Solar Power Plants Using Different Molten-Salts for Thermal Energy Storage in China
energies Article LCOE Analysis of Tower Concentrating Solar Power Plants Using Different Molten-Salts for Thermal Energy Storage in China Xiaoru Zhuang, Xinhai Xu * , Wenrui Liu and Wenfu Xu School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China; [email protected] (X.Z.); [email protected] (W.L.); [email protected] (W.X.) * Correspondence: [email protected] Received: 11 March 2019; Accepted: 8 April 2019; Published: 11 April 2019 Abstract: In recent years, the Chinese government has vigorously promoted the development of concentrating solar power (CSP) technology. For the commercialization of CSP technology, economically competitive costs of electricity generation is one of the major obstacles. However, studies of electricity generation cost analysis for CSP systems in China, particularly for the tower systems, are quite limited. This paper conducts an economic analysis by applying a levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) model for 100 MW tower CSP plants in five locations in China with four different molten-salts for thermal energy storage (TES). The results show that it is inappropriate to build a tower CSP plant nearby Shenzhen and Shanghai. The solar salt (NaNO3-KNO3, 60-40 wt.%) has lower LCOE than the other three new molten-salts. In order to calculate the time when the grid parity would be reached, four scenarios for CSP development roadmap proposed by International Energy Agency (IEA) were considered in this study. It was found that the LCOE of tower CSP would reach the grid parity in the years of 2038–2041 in the case of no future penalties for the CO2 emissions. -
The Caretaker Election
18. Queensland Ian Ward In mid-August and at the height of an election focused upon on the contest between the major parties and their leaders, the mayors of Richmond, Hinchinbrook, Mount Isa and several other north Queensland local councils announced they would lobby the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) to press for the creation of a separate State. In Kennedy, Bob Katter— en route to achieving a primary vote of 46.7 per cent and a comfortable victory—hoped this would be a spark to ‘light the fuse’ (Vogler 2010). This serves to remind readers that Queensland is a large, diverse, decentralised State with distinctive political geography and culture. There is a further lesson here. In the colourful language of Bob Katter, the north Queensland mayors had had ‘a gutful of the blood-sucking establishment of the south’ (Calligeros 2010). In Queensland, the ALP suffered a (two-party preferred) swing of 5.58 per cent—larger than in New South Wales (4.84 per cent), and more than double the Australia-wide swing from Labor of 2.58 per cent. Prior to the 21 August poll, Queensland was widely tipped as a State in which the election would be decided because of the number of seats held by narrow margins. Each side ‘launched’ its campaign in Brisbane. In the last week of the campaign, Brisbane also played host to a televised forum in which the two leaders fielded questions from an audience of swinging voters. As a further pointer to the State’s perceived importance, beginning well before the campaign proper and when Kevin Rudd remained Prime Minister, the leaders of both major parties made repeated visits to Queensland regions. -
The Rise of the Australian Greens
Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament RESEARCH PAPER www.aph.gov.au/library 22 September 2008, no. 8, 2008–09, ISSN 1834-9854 The rise of the Australian Greens Scott Bennett Politics and Public Administration Section Executive summary The first Australian candidates to contest an election on a clearly-espoused environmental policy were members of the United Tasmania Group in the 1972 Tasmanian election. Concerns for the environment saw the emergence in the 1980s of a number of environmental groups, some contested elections, with successes in Western Australia and Tasmania. An important development was the emergence in the next decade of the Australian Greens as a unified political force, with Franklin Dam activist and Tasmanian MP, Bob Brown, as its nationally-recognised leader. The 2004 and 2007 Commonwealth elections have resulted in five Australian Green Senators in the 42nd Parliament, the best return to date. This paper discusses the electoral support that Australian Greens candidates have developed, including: • the emergence of environmental politics is placed in its historical context • the rise of voter support for environmental candidates • an analysis of Australian Greens voters—who they are, where they live and the motivations they have for casting their votes for this party • an analysis of the difficulties such a party has in winning lower house seats in Australia, which is especially related to the use of Preferential Voting for most elections • the strategic problems that the Australian Greens—and any ‘third force’—have in the Australian political setting • the decline of the Australian Democrats that has aided the Australian Greens upsurge and • the question whether the Australian Greens will ever be more than an important ‘third force’ in Australian politics. -
Hansard 30 October 1991
Legislative Assembly 2319 30 October 1991 NOTE: There could be differences between this document and the official printed Hansard, Vol. 320 WEDNESDAY, 30 OCTOBER 1991 Mr SPEAKER (Hon. J. Fouras, Ashgrove) read prayers and took the chair at 2.30 p.m. UNPARLIAMENTARY LANGUAGE Statement by Mr Speaker Mr SPEAKER: Order! On Wednesday, 23 October, during the summing-up of his Estimates debate, the Honourable Minister for Tourism, Sport and Racing used several unparliamentary words in reference to the honourable member for Sherwood. The honourable member for Sherwood was not present in the Chamber at the time and therefore was unable to take a point of order and ask for a withdrawal. As a result of this incident, today a meeting of the Temporary Chairmen was held and, in conformity with the practice of the House, it will be the policy of the Chair that when unparliamentary language is used and the honourable member aggrieved is not present in the Chamber, the Chair will intervene and order the withdrawal of the offending words. The Standing Orders will be enforced by the Chair to ensure proper conduct in the House. I ask the Acting Clerk to read the petitions lodged. Mr DUNWORTH: Mr Speaker, I seek leave to have this matter referred to the Privileges Committee. Mr SPEAKER: Order! I point out to the member for Sherwood that that is out of order. I have just asked the Acting Clerk to read the list of petitions lodged. PETITIONS The Acting Clerk announced the receipt of the following petitions— Child-care Legislation From Mr Foley (18 signatories) praying that the Parliament will support the Child Care Bill 1991 and promote the development of associated regulations. -
Thesis August
Chapter 1 Introduction Section 1.1: ‘A fit place for women’? Section 1.2: Problems of sex, gender and parliament Section 1.3: Gender and the Parliament, 1995-1999 Section 1.4: Expectations on female MPs Section 1.5: Outline of the thesis Section 1.1: ‘A fit place for women’? The Sydney Morning Herald of 27 August 1925 reported the first speech given by a female Member of Parliament (hereafter MP) in New South Wales. In the Legislative Assembly on the previous day, Millicent Preston-Stanley, Nationalist Party Member for the Eastern Suburbs, created history. According to the Herald: ‘Miss Stanley proceeded to illumine the House with a few little shafts of humour. “For many years”, she said, “I have in this House looked down upon honourable members from above. And I have wondered how so many old women have managed to get here - not only to get here, but to stay here”. The Herald continued: ‘The House figuratively rocked with laughter. Miss Stanley hastened to explain herself. “I am referring”, she said amidst further laughter, “not to the physical age of the old gentlemen in question, but to their mental age, and to that obvious vacuity of mind which characterises the old gentlemen to whom I have referred”. Members obviously could not afford to manifest any deep sense of injury because of a woman’s banter. They laughed instead’. Preston-Stanley’s speech marks an important point in gender politics. It introduced female participation in the Twenty-seventh Parliament. It stands chronologically midway between the introduction of responsible government in the 1850s and the Fifty-first Parliament elected in March 1995.