What are the underlying issues that make this chapter important?

  Australia's residential energy intensity lags the world and is in the same place it was 20 years ago. By comparison, the United Kingdom and France have reduced energy intensity by 30% over the same period.26

  Australia is leading the world in decentralised energy resources - one in four households currently have rooftop solar systems.27

  With our top energy trading partners (Japan, China, and South Korea) that have committed to being net zero, Australia needs clean exports to remain a supplier of choice and protect and create Jobs, particularly in the regions. Australia has world-leading renewable energy resources, with the highest average solar radiation per square metre of any continent.28

  Every million dollars of government funding spent on renewable energy or energy efficiency creates three times as many jobs as spending the same amount on fossil fuels.29