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Election Watch: Where do Macedon candidates stand on renewable energy?

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Renewable energy is a mainstream election issue in the hotly-contested seat of Macedon.

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Y2R welcome Labor's support for 100% renewable energy towns

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Friends of the Earth welcome the Labor party’s commitment of $200,000 to help Newstead become Victoria’s first solar town.

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Labor's wind energy commitment a welcome first step to get back on track with renewables

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Daniel Andrews announces Labor’s commitment wind

energy at the Challicum Hills wind farm.

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Election Watch: Will Labor lead on renewables?

“If not us, who? If not now, when? Today is the day for Victoria to assume its rightful place in leading the nation towards a sustainable energy future.”

– The Hon. John Thwaites, second reading of the bill that created the Victorian Renewable Energy Target (2006). 

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Cracks appear in govt as Vic Liberal politicians question anti-wind policy

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Victorian government MP, Andrew Katos, has publicly questioned the Napthine government’s anti-wind farm laws just weeks out from the state election. The move signals growing tension amid Liberal ranks about the controversial policy.

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