My niece lives and works in Melbourne, she's home for a visit, I asked last Sunday what's been going on over there. They were all gung-ho solar for a while and things have cooled off a lot since two years ago, due to regime change. I doubt there will be much progress unless a new government takes over.
Seems most people agree we need to shift to solar, but there aren't many people willing to invest in new manufacturing.
Chuck said a while back they could build a manufacturing facility for about $20m. Personally I think he should try crowdfunding a facility and sell it as a turnkey operation.