Ergon Energy is encouraging customers planning to connect solar photovoltaic (PV) systems ahead of planned reductions in federal government incentives on 1 July to submit their application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Like others from his generation, Colin Fall of Bundaberg was raised in a culture where pointless consumption was avoided. His parents once lived on 60 pounds for an entire year, and his grandfather taught him how to hunt rabbits when he was eight years old, telling him it would put food on the table.