A diverse coalition of organisations has called on Australian governments to bolster their jobs and recovery strategies with measures to reduce emissions and accelerate successful energy transitions across all Australia’s regions and economic sectors.

The coalition, including the Energy Efficiency Council, Property Council of Australia, WWF, and ACOSS, have highlighted energy efficiency and energy management as particularly promising areas for investment. In their statement, the organisations identify housing upgrades, appliance upgrades, smart meters and sub-metering, distributed energy generation and storage, fuel switching and support for better energy management as key areas for such investment.

They note that if done well, these improvements could deliver a range of benefits including lower energy bills, reduced strain on a rapidly changing energy system, delivery healthier homes and reduce carbon emissions.

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