Budget's energy bill relief and home retrofit funding is a good start, but dwarfed by the scale of the task
- Written by: Trivess Moore, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
ShutterstockThe quality and performance of our housing have big impacts on the environment, cost of living and our health and wellbeing. The 2023-24 federal budget’s announcement of $1.6 billion for energy-saving upgrades to housing recognises the broad importance of retrofitting Australian homes.
Until now, much of the focus in Australia has...