By putting billions of dollars towards critical minerals and green hydrogen, Australia is finally getting serious about a clean energy future.

The federal government should be lauded for its efforts to make us a clean energy superpower with its Future Made in Australia plan.

Yet the government has missed a big – perhaps the biggest – piece of the puzzle.

Alongside critical minerals and green hydrogen, the government should make big plays to support the rise of the humble home battery and heat pump.

More domestic carbon emissions are created in our homes and from our cars (40 per cent) than from our country’s businesses and their operations (30 per cent).

Millions of households have already saved on their power bills and cut emissions by electrifying parts of their home life.

The electricity sector has achieved a 26 per cent drop in emissions in the past 15 years, while other sectors have remained largely static.

Rooftop solar contributed 11 per cent of total supply in the national electricity market last year – more than double the power generated from gas.

That solar delivers electricity to homes at a cost of 3 to 6cents/kWh, a small fraction of the 30cents/kWh electricity from the grid.

We have the world’s cheapest renewable energy, and we could all share in lower electricity prices if the federal government’s approach to Australia’s clean........

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