052 - Aus energy intensity by state

The Office of the Chief Economist's Energy Statistics database is a comprehensive annual long-term look at Australian energy, within the Government's Department of Innovation, Industry and Science. The chart below is extracted from their 2016 report and shows total energy intensity - the number of gigajoules consumed per unit of Gross State Product (GSP).

039 - Hazelwood's closure has impacted Victoria's emissions intensity

Almost all public discourse on Hazelwood's closure was about energy security and reliability - there was close to no discussion on how it'd impact emissions. Calculating the actual decrease would take some analysis, but AEMO's public emissions data shows that the intensity of emission, per unit of output, have decreased since the closure of Australia's oldest and dirtiest power station.