While it remains to be seen whether climate policy will be a focus in Canberra following the election, the city itself is leading the way on renewable energy.
From October 1 this year Australia’s capital will get the last piece of renewable energy it requires to be “effectively” powered by 100 per cent clean energy. Once the third stage of South Australia’s Hornsdale wind farm comes online Canberra will have fulfilled the pledge it made a decade ago to reach the 100% renewable target by 2020.