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PM’s climate plan: Better ways to spend the money

Crikey / Thursday, 19 July 2007

The Prime Minister’s plan to spend $252 million on rebates for residential solar hot water installations, as announced ealier this week, has been widely seen as a populist policy response. Dr Huigh Saddler, Managing Director of Energy Strategies Pty Ltd, investigates how the money could be better spent.