E&OE…. Topics: Threatened Species Summit, National Threatened Species Strategy, Shenhua Watermark mine approval PATRICIA KARVELAS: Today the Environment Minister Greg Hunt launched a new strategy for protecting threatened species. $6.5 million dollars will be used to protect 20 mammals, 20 birds and a range of plants. That includes the orange-bellied parrot, the numbat, and the…
E&OE…. Topics: Threatened Species Summit, entitlements, Clean Energy Finance Corporation, renewable energy, climate change RAFAEL EPSTEIN: The Environment Minister Greg Hunt joins us, he's been at the zoo at another function, he joins us on the line. Greg Hunt, good afternoon. GREG HUNT: And good afternoon Raf, I've literally just stepped off stage so I…
E&OE…. Topics: Shenhua Watermark mine approval, Labor’s plans to bring back a carbon tax ALAN JONES: Minister Hunt's on the line, Greg Hunt good morning. GREG HUNT: Good morning Alan. ALAN JONES: Can I just raise a couple of things from this Independent Expert Scientific Committee report which they've compiled, and for the benefit of…
The Australian Government has set new major new targets to tackle feral cats, protect and recover threatened mammals, birds and plants, and improve recovery practices under the nation’s first Threatened Species Strategy. I am proud to launch the Strategy today at the Threatened Species Summit in Melbourne. The Threatened Species Strategy sets out the Government’s…
E&OE…. Topics: Threatened Species Summit, National Threatened Species Strategy, Shenhua Watermark mine approval, Labor’s plan to bring back a carbon tax. GREG HUNT: So I’m delighted to announce that we are setting a goal of halt and reverse the decline in our threatened species. This is about protecting the bilby, the bettong, the bandicoot, some…