{"id":264,"date":"2018-10-30T18:30:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T18:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=264"},"modified":"2018-10-30T18:30:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T18:30:16","slug":"greens-back-union-acf-call-for-independent-authority-to-manage-transition-away-from-coal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2018\/10\/30\/greens-back-union-acf-call-for-independent-authority-to-manage-transition-away-from-coal\/","title":{"rendered":"Greens back union &amp; ACF call for independent authority to manage transition away from coal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greens Co-Deputy Leader and climate change and energy spokesperson, Adam Bandt MP today backed separate calls from unions, a UNSW study and the Australian Conservation Foundation for an independent energy transition authority to manage the closure of coal-fired power stations. The Greens will reintroduce legislation to establish an independent statutory authority,\u00a0<em>Renew Australia,<\/em>\u00a0to oversee the transition of Australia\u2019s electricity system to one based on renewable energy.<br \/>\nThe Greens\u2019 bill, which did not receive support from Liberal or Labor when previously introduced, would spend $500 million to establish\u00a0<em>Renew Australia,<\/em>\u00a0legislate a timetable for the closure of coal-fired power stations to provide certainty to workers and communities and create a $250 million Clean Energy Transition Fund to assist coal workers and communities with the transition.<br \/>\n\u201cTo avoid the mistakes of Hazelwood\u2019s last minute closure and to ensure a just transition, a clear plan is needed to manage the energy transition,\u201d said Mr Bandt.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Greens have been calling for the establishment of an independent statutory authority to manage the energy transition since the last election, but our calls have been ignored by the major parties.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Greens are of one mind with mining unions, academics and conservation groups on the need for an independent statutory authority to oversee an orderly transition away from coal.<br \/>\n\u201cThe old parties created the mess of the National Electricity Market and the Liberals are failing to act on the transition to renewables, let alone the management of that transition. We need a new public authority to lead the transition to a new energy system, without leaving coal workers in the lurch.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe old parties have a habit of adopting Greens policies, from a royal commission into the banks to legislating to protect penalty rates. I hope they\u2019ll &#8216;borrow&#8217; this one as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greens Co-Deputy Leader and climate change and energy spokesperson, Adam Bandt MP today backed separate calls from unions, a UNSW study and the Australian Conservation Foundation for an independent energy transition authority to manage the closure of coal-fired power stations. The Greens will reintroduce legislation to establish an independent statutory authority,\u00a0Renew Australia,\u00a0to oversee the transition &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2018\/10\/30\/greens-back-union-acf-call-for-independent-authority-to-manage-transition-away-from-coal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Greens back union &amp; ACF call for independent authority to manage transition away from coal&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}