The Green Party wants schools to become solar-powered.
The junior coalition party is bringing forward a bill aimed at updating the country's planning and development regulations.
This would clear the way for solar panels on public buildings, including schools, without the need for planning permission.
Green Party Senator Pauline O'Reilly says the current planning laws have made it almost impossible for schools to switch to solar
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