Electrify Inner West Expo
Thinking about electrifying your home, but not sure on the next step?
Get free, practical advice on solar, batteries, heat pump hot water, EV charging, getting off gas and more, today at Leichhardt Town Hall (enter via Marion Street).
Today's schedule
How the morning runs
Stalls are open the whole time, 10am to 1pm. Come and go as you like. The Q&A forum runs alongside from 11am to 12pm.
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Stalls today
Who's here
Main Hall floor map
Who's where
- S1Inner West Community EnergyStart here if you're not sure where to go
- S2RenewIndependent advice
- W1Doctors for the Environment AustraliaHealth and climate
- W2Energy & Water Ombudsman NSW (EWON)Help with energy and water bills and complaints
- W3Same Day Hot WaterHeat pump hot water
- W4SungrowSolar and battery tech
- W5Tillman, ACE Catlin and Lynton ElectricalElectrical installers: solar, batteries, EV charging, induction
- E1SigenergySolar and battery tech
- E2NSW Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and WaterEVs, rebates and incentives
- E3Royal EngineeringHeating and cooling
- C1Pingala Community EnergyCommunity solar and apartments
- C2AllumeSolar for apartments and strata
On site today
Q&A forum · 11am to 12pm
Who you'll hear from
Bring your own question, or hear other locals ask theirs.
Renowned Australian musician and environmental advocate
The Hon Peter Garrett AM FTSE will open the 11am programme with a special address on why household electrification matters, followed by the audience-led Q&A.
Read Peter's full bio
Peter Garrett is a renowned campaigner, musician and former politician. He is the lead singer of Midnight Oil, one of Australia’s greatest rock bands, known for music that amplifies peace, social justice and environmental activism.
Garrett served two terms as president of the Australian Conservation Foundation, before entering parliament as a Labor MP in 2004.
Across his tenure in parliament, he served as Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, and as Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth. As Environment Minister, Garrett introduced Australia’s first e-waste recycling scheme and initiated the campaign to end “scientific whaling” in Antarctica. He oversaw substantial expansion of protected reserves on land and at sea, including Indigenous Protected Areas.
Since reforming in 2017 Midnight Oil toured globally playing to more than half a million people and recorded two ARIA number 1 albums: The Makarrata Project (with First Nations Collaborators) and Resist. Garrett’s most recent solo album The True North also debuted at number 1 on the Australian Artists Album Chart in 2024.
Garrett holds three honorary degrees, is a Member of the Order of Australia, and is an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (France). In 2010, he received the ‘Leaders for a Living Planet’ award from WWF International. In 2025 he was made an honorary fellow of The Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering. In April 2026, Peter was appointed chair of Landcare Australia.
Journalist, broadcaster and author
Brooke hosts today's audience-led Q&A with our panel.
Read Brooke's full bio
Brooke Boney is a journalist, broadcaster and author who is as comfortable in the press gallery as she is on the red carpet. Brooke has interviewed some of the biggest names in showbiz as former news and entertainment presenter on the Today show, and previously worked across NITV, SBS and the ABC, including as a news presenter on triple j.
She is a proud Gamilaroi woman and Oxford scholar who grew up in Muswellbrook, a coal mining town in NSW. In 2025, Brooke released her debut book ‘All of It’ and when not on-air, she has her head down completing a PhD in Social and Political Science at Sydney University.
The panel
Practical advice on switching to heat pump hot water.
Independent community advice and practical next steps for your home.
Broad, evidence-based guidance on household electrification.
Efficient heating and cooling, including reverse-cycle air conditioning.
Solar, batteries, EV charging and the electrical work involved in getting off gas.
Raise your hand during the Q&A. The host will call on people in turn and a volunteer will bring you the microphone. Keep questions short and practical so we can get through as many as possible. For questions about a specific product or your own home, head to the relevant stall after the forum.
Get started
Ready to electrify your home? Here's how IWCE helps.
You don't need to work it out alone. This is the process IWCE uses to get local households from "where do I start" to installed and running.
IWCE is independent. We only endorse quotes we think are fair for what's being offered.
Photos and short videos are taken on the day for IWCE's channels. Let a volunteer know if you'd rather not appear.
Register / event infoLeichhardt Town Hall · enter via Marion St