Interestingly, because of the combination of great solar conditions and long distances, if you want to build a house in the middle of nowhere, it's cheaper to buy solar and a battery than hook into the grid.
I think many Australians would appreciate that we are in a good position to exploit solar potential, but pitched as part of the green/renewable solution, it's quickly tied into tribal politics and people get a bit silly.
It does have a problem that we do have nights here in Australia, and it is only recently that batteries have got close to the break-even point in terms of cost.
We also have large amounts of wind power, but again it comes at the cost of not being on 100% of the time. Again, storage can solve that as it continues to drop in price.
From what I understand one of the major problems Australia is the sheer distance the electricity has to travel and the infrastructure required for such a small population.
Solar power seems such an obvious choice, yet many Australians seem to be against it.