Publications
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Submission to DCCEEW Draft National Energy Equity Framework
The JEC made a submission to Commonwealth DCCEEW’s Draft National Energy Equity Framework. The Framework seeks to establish a common approach for improving equity outcomes in the energy retail market. The JEC supports the intent to create a consistent, robust framework to drive more equitable policy and outcomes in energy. However, our submission highlighted how…
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Submission to DCCEEW Draft National Energy Equity Framework
The JEC made a submission to Commonwealth DCCEEW’s Draft National Energy Equity Framework. The Framework seeks to establish a common approach for improving equity outcomes in the energy retail market. The JEC supports the intent to create a consistent, robust framework to drive more equitable policy and outcomes in energy. However, our submission highlighted how…
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Submission to the 2024 Senate Inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system
Our submission made recommendations on three issues where we have expertise and see negative impacts on the rights and wellbeing of children and young people in Australia: the age of criminal responsibility; the use of pre-emptive policing tools; and the use of solitary confinement in youth justice centres. While largely regarded as issues arising under…
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Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
This is the fourth submission we have made during the Government’s review of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). We welcome the introduction of the Government Bill to implement some of the recommendations of the Privacy Act Review Report 2023, which would represent the first broad and meaningful reform to the Privacy Act in decades. However, our submission…
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Submission to AEMC Review into electricity compensation frameworks draft report
The JEC made a submission to the draft report of the Australian Energy Market Commission’s (AEMC) review of the three existing electricity compensation frameworks. The frameworks govern how electricity market participants are made whole after being directed to supply to the market during a period of market stress, hen the administered price cap (APC) is…
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Submission to DCCEEW consultation paper on Streamlining network connection processes for consumer energy resources (CER) and electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE)
The Justice and Equity Centre (JEC) made a submission to the Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) consultation paper on Streamlining network connection processes for consumer energy resources (CER) and electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE). Efficient integration of CER and EVSE is crucial for achieving emissions reduction targets and ensuring…
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Submission to AER Basslink conversion application
The JEC made a submission to the Australian Energy Regulator’s consultation paper on APA’s application for Basslink to be converted from a merchant transmission service provider to a regulated, prescribed transmission network service provider. The JEC opposed the proposal on the grounds that there was inadequate evidence to support the proposition that conversion would be…
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Submission to AER Issues Paper: Jemena Gas Network’s 2025-30 Access Arrangement
The Justice and Equity Centre (JEC) made a submission to the Australian Energy Regulator’s (AER) issues paper regarding Jemena Gas Network’s 2025-30 access arrangement. Our submission explores the engagement undertaken by Jemena, as well as some of the key issues we see as being of critical relevance in responding to the emissions challenge, while promoting…
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Submission to AEMC Improving the cost recovery arrangements for non-network options consultation paper
The JEC made a submission to the Australian Energy Market Commission’s (AEMC) consultation on Transgrid’s rule change proposal which aims to adjust how transmission network service providers (TNSP) can recover monies spent on non-network options. Importantly, the money TNSPs spend on non-network options is treated as opex in the revenue framework, and the investments are…
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Submission to IPART Monitoring the Retail Electricity and Gas Markets in NSW
The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal’s (IPART) is undertaking its annual review, Monitoring the Retail Electricity and Gas Markets in NSW. The JEC made a submission to IPART’s consultation paper. We welcome IPART’s examination of prices, competitive dynamics, the participation of households in the electricity and gas markets, and the outcomes achieved by all households. We…