Contrary to the treasurer’s claim, installing solar panels is more popular in Queensland’s poorer areas than its wealthier suburbs
Queensland treasurer Tim Nicholls has described solar panels as the preserve of the "champagne sippers and the latte set" while attacking a solar bonus scheme set up by Queensland Labor.
Nicholls suggests that installing solar panels is more popular with wealthier, metropolitan residents than it is with those in regional or outer suburb areas. This claim should be relatively straightforward to test, as the Clean Energy Regulator publishes regular statistics on the number of small-scale solar power generating units in each postcode.