Delivered
We’ve made progress to help protect our environment for future generations. We're on track for 43% emissions reduction by 2030 and our electricity system is now around 40% renewables. I’m proud to have helped deliver:
- [/] Stronger climate legislation – with tougher laws to crack down on pollution from Australia’s biggest emitters.
- [/] Efficiency standards for new vehicles – to cut new car emissions by 60% by 2030, lower fuel bills by up to $1,000, and boost EV take-up.
- [/] More action on nature protection – including increased investment via a new Nature Repair Market, stopping fossil fuel exploration at PEP-11, and properly assessing big projects’ impact on water resources.
You can learn about how I'm delivering for Wentworth here.
Future Plans
But there’s still a long way to go and we are not moving fast enough. That’s why I want to:
- Accelerate the clean energy roll-out – to replace our ageing and unreliable coal plants, and beat our 2030 target of 43% emissions reduction.
- Set an ambitious but achievable goal of up to 75% emissions reduction by 2035 – in line with the advice from the Climate Change Authority.
- Deliver my Permanent Energy Bill Relief Plan – which would help over 800,000 households lower their power bills for good with support for home batteries, rooftop solar, and home energy upgrades. Read more here.
- Seize Australia’s superpower potential – by speeding up clean energy approvals and creating the jobs and industries of the future.
- Get serious about nature protection – by fixing our broken environmental laws, ending native forest logging, and establishing an independent Environment Protection Authority.
Watch & Read
- AFR - Spender unveils home battery plan (link)
- Sydney Morning Herald - The $50m idea that could save renters up to $1,594 a year (link)
- ABC RN Breakfast - Government urged to provide power bill relief (link)
- The Guardian - Would Dutton oppose a plan to cut bills and tackle the climate crisis? (link)
- The Guardian - Crossbench push government for emissions cap (link)
Speeches in Parliament
Permanent Energy Bill Relief Plan
- Calls for a People Power Plan: Allegra calls on the government to fund a people power plan to lower energy bills at the May budget, 18 March 2024 (link)
- Power bill relief: Allegra joined her crossbench colleagues a proposal that would turbocharge the installation of more than 10,000 additional hot water heat pumps, induction cooktops and energy-efficient home heating each year, 16 October 2023 (link)
New Vehicle Efficiency Standards
- Removal of fringe benefit taxes on electric fleet vehicles: Allegra supports the Treasury Laws Amendment (Electric Car Discount) Bill 2022 which will create a viable mass market for electric vehicles, 7 September 2022 (link)
Home Electrification
- Calls for a People Power Plan: Allegra calls on the government to fund a people power plan to combat the climate crisis and lower energy bills at the May budget, 18 March 2024 (link)
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Amendment: Allegra suggests that households and businesses need to transition away from expensive fossil fuel appliances and towards cheaper electrical alternatives, 11 September 2023 (link)
- Calls for an acceleration of household electrification: Allegra suggests that accelerating household electrification is an urgent matter of public importance, 21 June 2023 (link)
- Shifting away from reliance on fossil fuels: Allegra proposes that household electrification is necessary for greater sustainability and climate reform across the nation, 21 November 2022 (link)
- Importance of household electrification: Allegra urges the government to support household electrification in order to ensure better climate and cost of living crisis action is taken, 15 February 2022 (link)
Environment
- Environmental devastation: Allegra urges the government to reform the broken environmental laws and to urgently address native forest logging, 24 June 2024 (link)
- Petroleum & Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment Bill: Allegra emphasises her duty to strengthen Australia’s environmental laws to prevent the accelerating and devastating climate crisis, 4 April 2024 (link)
- Climate change: Allegra urges the government to get off fossil fuels, to stop opening new coal and gas projects, and to move as quickly as possible to renewables to protect the environment, 28 May 2024 (link)
- Nature Repair Market Bill: Allegra highlights that this Bill will drive private investments in the environment and will allow funding to reach positive nature projects - not just offsetting environmental destruction, 7 December 2023 (link)
- Amendments to the Nature Repair Bill: Allegra's proposed amendment allows landholders to specify whether their projects can be used for offsetting or not, 21 August 2023 (link)
- The forestry industry: Allegra outlines the prominence of deforestation within Australia and its devastating impacts on the native species, the climate and the economy, 7 August 2023 (link)
- The Environment Protection Amendment Bill: Allegra believes that Australia’s environmental laws are inadequate in protecting the climate, 3 August 2023 (link)