Community, industry and political pressure on the Rudd Government to introduce a gross national feed-in tariff for renewable energy is growing today, with Independent MP for Lyne, Rob Oakeshott, introducing a bill complementary to Greens' Senator Christine Milne's Private Member's Bill into the House of Representatives.

A feed-in tariff provides tailored support for each renewable energy technology, providing certainty to investors and the energy market by guaranteeing a price for renewable energy for a guaranteed time. Properly designed feed-in tariffs are behind the boom in renewable energy installation and jobs creation in Germany, Spain and parts of North America.

"A gross national feed-in tariff for renewable energy is the obvious and proven way to bring on the transformation to zero emissions energy," Senator Milne said.

"By giving certainty to anyone who wants to invest in renewable energy, of all sources and all sizes, we would swiftly bring renewables to the point where they can challenge coal's dominance.

"I'm delighted that Rob Oakeshott is adopting this Bill for a feed-in tariff and introducing it into the House of Representatives.

"It is becoming clear that the Government's only reason for opposing a feed-in tariff is that they know it would actually work to get renewable energy technologies onto a level playing field where they can and will challenge coal.

"The Government is bending over backwards to provide certainty to coal, but seems determined to undermine any certainty for renewable energy."

The bill for a feed-in law, based on Germany's highly successful experience, will support anyone from a householder who wants rooftop solar panels to a developer building a gigawatt-sized solar thermal power plant. It will be an important complement to the 20% mandatory renewable energy target, and will set the sky as the limit for renewable energy in Australia.

Mr Oakeshott said, "After the expressions of in principle support for a feed-in from both sides of the Senate, my adoption of this Bill shows that good policy on renewable energy can get support across the country and across political divides.

"The community understands renewable energy far better than the Government, it appears.

"Everywhere I go around my constituency, people ask me why the Commonwealth won't bring on a well-designed feed-in tariff to help them help Australia move towards a renewably-powered economy.

"I am very pleased to be able to introduce this bill into the House and encourage the Government to do what the community knows is right."