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NIT: Key environmental stakeholders to explore future of First Nations clean energy
July 21, 2022
A two-day conference in Melbourne aims to ensure First Nations people have a say and influence in the future of Australia’s move towards renewable energy and the opportunities that comes with it.
Read MoreCanberra Times: Indigenous people essential in energy boom
July 21, 2022
Leaders are pushing for Indigenous people to be at the heart of Australia's renewable energy boom, as community, industry and authorities come together to help inform the future of the sector.
Read MoreMedia Release: First Nations Clean Energy Symposium: Renewables boom for all
July 21, 2022
As the Albanese government commits to prioritising Australia’s renewables boom and enshrining a First Nations voice to Parliament, a two day symposium in Melbourne will bring together First Nations communities, government, industry, unions and experts, to ensure First Nations people play a central role...
Read MoreOur Federal Election Ask
April 14, 2022
The network is seeking a commitment from political parties and independents ahead of the 2022 Federal Election that they will help ensure First Nations people play a central role and harness the opportunities of Australia’s clean energy boom. Download it here.
Read MorePV Magazine: Power to be heard
February 19, 2022
The wide-open spaces of the Australian outback make it ripe for solar development, but doing so without the true inclusion of Indigenous communities may repeat the mistakes made by resource extraction companies in the past.
Read MoreABC: NT Aboriginal groups call for moratorium on electricity disconnections in COVID-hit communities
February 17, 2022
Frontline Aboriginal organisations working in remote Northern Territory communities have called for an immediate moratorium on electricity disconnections in households subject to COVID-19 isolation rules.
Read MoreABC Radio National Breakfast: NT solar trial looks to address energy poverty in remote Aboriginal communities
December 22, 2021
Rolling lockdowns in heatwave conditions across the Northern Territory has thrown a spotlight on high energy needs of remote communities, where having your power cut off can seriously impact your health.
Read MoreABC TV: Dangerous power cuts in the past for NT's first public housing tenant with rooftop solar
December 20, 2021
Mr Norman Frank was once one of the 10,000 mostly Indigenous, public housing tenants in the NT relying entirely on a pre-paid meter for their power but after years of negotiations with industry and government, Mr Frank is the first public housing tenant in...
Read MorePV Mag: NT’s first publicly owned house finally granted access to rooftop solar
December 20, 2021
Indigenous communities have some of the most unreliable, expensive power in Australia, with a recent study finding almost three quarters of households in remote Northern Territory communities lost power more than 10 times, often for significant periods on “dangerously” hot days.
Read MoreYahoo! Finance: Energy poverty: Inside Australia’s growing problem
December 15, 2021
With swathes of rich, bright-red desert and a scorching sun overhead, the Northern Territory’s heat is etched into its landscape, but climate change is creating new marks… and creating a crisis.
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