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title: Victoria targets 95% renewable energy by 2035
description: The Victorian government is targeting 95% renewable energy by 2035, a major step towards lowering emissions and tackling the climate crisis.
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# Victoria targets 95% renewable energy by 2035
Friday, 21 October 2022
The Victorian government is targeting 95% renewable energy by 2035, a major step towards lowering emissions and tackling the climate crisis, while delivering cleaner and more affordable energy for the state.
The flood crisis continues on the NSW-Victoria border with the Murray River rising and a major band of storms stretching more than 3,500 kilometres overnight.
And the Albanese government’s first budget is on the horizon, with plans to include $900 million in Pacific funding to boost security ties as well as an extra $204 million for the Great Barrier Reef.
[Victoria set to re-enter electricity market after setting 95% renewable energy target](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/20/victoria-sets-target-of-95-of-its-electricity-sourced-from-renewable-energy-by-2035)
The Victorian government has announced that if re-elected it will revive the State Electricity Commission decades after its privatisation, as part of a $1bn spend on renewable energy projects to achieve a 95% of renewable energy target by 2035.
[Massive 3,500 kilometre band of storms stretches from Far North Queensland to Victoria](https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-update-australia-massive-3500-kilometre-band-of-storms-stretches-from-far-north-queensland-to-victoria/d2d63533-4c75-4b7e-899f-5117d53d665d)
A massive band of storms - stretching more than 3,500 kilometres - loomed above Far North Queensland to Victoria's north west corner last night, as a multi-day deluge puts multiple states in the firing line of renewed flooding.
[Australia's big budget spending on Pacific](https://www.kyfreepress.com.au/national/australias-big-budget-spending-on-pacific/)
Australia will pump almost $1 billion into the Pacific to strengthen regional security ties and counter China's growing influence.
[Cash splash to save Reef: Details of Labor’s $1.2 billion budget plan to tourism icon revealed](https://transition.meltwater.com/paywall/redirect/W8BBkOzjUj7gPj5n9i6e9StyN54?cid=7e159c61-2761-491f-a55c-da32cac41876&productType=search)
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek announced on Friday the budget will deliver an extra $204 million for the Great Barrier Reef.
[‘Out of this world’: Australia, UK in talks to build solar power station in space](https://transition.meltwater.com/paywall/redirect/RMWG3aAhz2ohq7C0BzPhKQQ_hvI?cid=445b3f46-214b-4d6a-ac51-c6e8bc44b0cd&productType=search)
Australia and Britain are in talks to build a giant commercial power station in orbit that beams down solar power to earth giving both countries sovereign energy capability.
[‘Nature is striking back’: flooding around the world, from Australia to Venezuela](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/20/flooding-world-climate-crisis-australia-venezuela-nigeria)
The human-induced climate crisis is amplifying the damage of floods, with rising sea levels increasingly inundating coastal areas, while warmer temperatures are causing more moisture to accumulate in the atmosphere.
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