E&OE…. Topics: Renewable Energy Target, Iron Ore inquiry, Federal Budget PATRICIA KARVELAS: A deal on the long awaited agreement on the Renewable Energy Target has finally been struck. The Coalition and Labor have agreed to a target of 33,000 gigawatt hours of electricity to come from renewable sources by 2020. Legislation could be tabled…
E&OE…. Topics: Renewable Energy Target ROSS GREENWOOD: Another story that’s out today and I think it’s worth following and that is the Coalition and the Labor Party, everyone says that they can’t agree on anything. Well, today they agreed to a revised Renewable Energy Target but this has taken two years of negotiations and…
E&OE…. Topics: Renewable Energy Target, Federal Budget RAFAEL EPSTEIN: Greg Hunt is the Environment Minister in Tony Abbott’s Federal Government. Minister thanks for coming in. GREG HUNT: Oh it’s a pleasure and good to see you. RAFAEL EPSTEIN: What made the deal? How come now? GREG HUNT: Look, I think it is all about…
E&OE…. Topics: Renewable Energy Target, Iron Ore Inquiry IAN MACFARLANE: Well good morning. Greg and I have this morning met with Mark Butler and with Gary Gray and the Labor Party has again agreed to support a proposal to resolve the impasse on the RET. The Target will remain as announced last Friday…