W.A. government to install up to 4MW of solar across 6 remote indigenous communities, in $11.6m budget plan to slash use of heavy-polluting – heavily subsidised – diesel fuel.
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Power struggle: First Nations fight to stay on country, and off grid
Astronomical electricity bills are so often the final straw for Australia’s remote Indigenous communities, consuming more than half of families’ annual income and, in some cases, driving them off country. But with the help of renewables, they’re taking the power back.