{"id":742,"date":"2012-03-02T03:28:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T03:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/2012\/03\/02\/solar-rebates\/"},"modified":"2012-03-02T03:28:53","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T03:28:53","slug":"solar-rebates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/solar-rebates\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLAR REBATES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SOLAR HOT WATER REBATES SHUT DOWN BY LABOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>March 2, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Solar Hot Water Rebate program has been axed by the Gillard Government without warning.<\/p>\n<p>The program offered families a rebate of $1000 to install a solar hot water system or $600 to install a heat pump hot water system.<\/p>\n<p>The Nationals Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said without warning the government announced that only those people who have installed, purchased or ordered (with deposit) a solar hot water system or heat pump hot water system prior to February 28, 2012, would be eligible for a rebate.<\/p>\n<p>For those who installed a system prior to February 28, paperwork must reach the Department within 122 days from the date of installation.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Chester said the program\u2019s cessation without any consultation was another breach of trust by the Gillard Government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Gillard Government has amassed a record debt and now it is families trying to do their bit for the environment that will have to pay,\u201d Mr Chester said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAxing this program will make it harder for families to afford to install solar hot water systems as a means of reducing their household energy bills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Prime Minister claims that her government is working towards a clean energy future &#8211; but taking away a valuable rebate program for everyday Australians suggests otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFamilies will be trying to cope with increased energy bills and living expenses due the carbon tax from July 1 and now the government is taking away one of the few programs that might actually help them to reduce their energy bills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Chester said a Private Member\u2019s Bill requiring the Gillard Government to commit to the remaining funding allocated for the program ($64.5 million in 2011-12) would be introduced into Parliament by the Coalition during the next sitting fortnight.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Coalition was committed to the solar industry and as part of its Direct Action Plan had a \u2018one million solar roofs\u2019 policy, including the installation of solar hot water systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SOLAR HOT WATER REBATES SHUT DOWN BY LABOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>March 2, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Solar Hot Water Rebate program has been axed by the Gillard Government without warning.<\/p>\n<p>The program offered families a rebate of $1000 to install a solar hot water system or $600 to install a heat pump hot water system.<\/p>\n<p>The Nationals Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said without warning the government announced that only those people who have installed, purchased or ordered (with deposit) a solar hot water system or heat pump hot water system prior to February 28, 2012, would be eligible for a rebate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}