The sudden and retrospective wind-back of the NSW solar bonus scheme has created uncertainty and fear in the roof top solar industry across Australia. Last Friday, the new O’Farrell Coalition Government stunned the sector with an announcement that it would retrospectively cut the solar feed-in tariff paid to an estimated 120,000 households and rural properties. The changes - still to pass parliament - potentially leave people who have signed contracts and installed roof top solar panels half a billion dollars out of pocket. The industry says thousands of jobs are on the line, and the move exposes the government to threats of legal action for breach of contract.
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Uncertainty in solar sector over proposed NSW cutbacks - Radio National Breakfast - 17 May 2011
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Hindsight - 3 April 2011 - Bennelong Sings
The name Bennelong is etched into the minds of most Australians - even if it only reminds you of that iconic strip of land beneath the Sydney Opera House. But how much do we really know about this Wangal man and his turbulent life, or his extraordinary journey to England and back? And how much remains to be told?
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