The solar panels should be installed on all roofs.

On all new houses it should be mandatory to have solar panels

All solar panels should be produced in Auustralia.

 I agree with your sentiment Suze but as an owner of solar panels I must say that without an efficient battery storage there is limited benefit to people who work during the daytime. Perhaps post covid with more people working from home there will be a better return for mass installation. The solar panels benefit pensioners and others who can use power when the sun's out but that rules out the majority of householders mid week. Even when the sun is out the system wont work during a power outage as they shut down to avoid feed in problems. The feed in tariff is too small to be counted as a benefit, the gain from solar is to use your own power to avoid paying the exorbitant fees to mostly foreign owned paper shufflers who do nothing toward power generation but merely get paid a hansome profit for sending us an invoice.

These all seem like worthwhile projects but are they really necessary at this time? Australia is running up a very large debt at the moment trying to keep the economy moving and workers in jobs and this will need to be repaid. Do we need to add the the national debt just now? My cynicism also suggests that any scheme where government monies are involved will result in overpricing and unqualified people moving in to rip off the system. Remember the overpriced school halls and the pink batts?

Solar too expensive for many oldies and they may not live long enough to get the benefit of their investment back.  Still many issues to be resolved before this becomes the state of the art system. I have heard that energy companies turn off the grid so householder cannot feed into it at times .

What I would like to see, bugger the "free trade" implications for this importtant issue, the government  take back the untility companies which should never have been sold off resulting in the chaos and exhhorbitant cost we have now.  Unfortunately never going to happen I feel but it should.

A sound idea. Only those who already have money can afford $150 000 renovations. The $25000 for one reno would put solar on at least 6 homes. At the moment the poor (who can't afford to purchase solar) are subsidising the rich who are covering their whole roof with taxpayers picking up quite a bit of the total cost.

It's a great  idea as long as it is means tested. No point helping those who already have a hefty bank balance.

Has to be heavily regulated too since we don't want any unqualified youngsters to lose their lives on the job as was the case during the pink bats bonanza.

I look forward to having my landlord make my house warmer in winter and cooler in summer, the rental standards are not up to scratch IMO. It is increasingly harder to bare with no air con in summer, sure winter I can wear more clothes and sit by the wood fire but not much I can do about the other rooms without racking up a huge electricity bill. How long does insualtion in a roof last? Mine has never been checked and I have had possums often living up there plus I have a big whole in the eaves letting in cold air, no cover on my fan in the kitchen, gaps everywhere in the walls letting in cold air and dust, but rent keeps going up every year and nothing gets spent on the house because my owners have no incentive to do anything. So funding is great if they were actually to spend it but we need to fix the regulations of standards for renters too.