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Australia passed a new regulations, halogen lamp will soon disappear from the retail store

Australia lighting lighting industry association of Australia's largest organization recently announced: as the world goes into the era of LED lighting, halogen lamp will disappear from the Australian retail stores in the next 12-24 months.

In the recent Australian Government Committee (COAG) Committee on energy ministers meeting, adopted a suitable for the next generation of LED lighting technology popularization and application of new regulations in Australia, Australia Lighting Association expressed a warm welcome.

In the highly competitive global market environment, the lighting industry still throughout Australia provides up to 4500 manufacturing jobs, but also has faced significant increase in compliance costs, and compliance costs arises from the need to the Commonwealth Department of environmental law applicable to Commonwealth of Australia bill.

"Early motion is simply a disaster," Australia Lighting Association CEO Richard Mulcahy explained.

"The extra $80 million consumer prices will only increase unnecessary and overelaborate formalities and reduce the employment opportunities, and the lighting industry is Australia as one of the manufacturing industry has the vigor of the few."

The focus of the debate is how to intervene in the Frydenberg minister listened to some important industry report.

The Frydenberg minister saw motion problems, and guide his department in consultation with the real situation of the industry understand the basis of re established policy, recently by the Australian Government Committee (COAG) finally passed, is a very reasonable to Australia and overseas relevant laws and regulations consistent The compromise bill."

"Frydenberg minister extraordinary leadership as he won the warm applause, we are also very grateful to Turnbull Prime Minister provided in this solve the problem on the support."

In addition, Frydenberg minister very significant step forward in reducing the Australian household electricity bill, "Mr. Mulcahy said at the mention of halogen lamp when agreed to disable. According to estimates, the move will in the next ten years for the Australian consumers to save 10 billion Australian dollars.

The power consumption of halogen lamp is 3-5 times of a new generation of LED lighting technology, as a commitment to environmental protection industry need to come up with the results, we are very happy to reduce the family and enterprise budget pressures played a major role."

Source: Chinese Lighting Appliance Association

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