Senator Jacqui Lambie quit the Palmer United Party in late 2014. This party promised earlier this year that it will protect the RET only to renege on this commitment only a few short months later.

State-owned Hydro Tasmania drops off its $2 billion wind farm project planned for Kings Island claiming that it is no longer economically viable. The state-owned power generating company had originally intended to build a 600 megawatt wind farm on the island.

A report prepared for Tasmania’s Economic Regulator has found the electricity bill of the average household is set to rise by more than $300 per year, under the new carbon tax.