Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes that the Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan released by Beyond Zero Emissions and the University of Melbourne shows:

(i)

that it is technically possible for Australia to achieve 100 per cent renewable energy within a decade, and

(ii)

that the technologies to achieve this goal, including baseload solar thermal energy with storage, are commercially available today;

(b)

applauds the organisations involved for their vision and efforts; and

(c)

calls on the Australian Government to direct the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism and the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency to undertake a similar study to examine the potential for a swift transition to 100 per cent renewable energy in Australia.

Question put.