Today’s Solutions: May 19, 2026

Victoria’s Andrews government says it will set a renewable energy target of 40 per cent by 2025, making it the latest state in Australia to introduce a target for large-scale renewables development more ambitious than that of the federal Turnbull government and underlining the political divide over wind and solar. Victoria’s labor government intends to end an investment drought in the state by aiming to lift its share of renewable energy from 15 per cent…

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