As we mark Threatened Species Day today, the Australian Government is continuing to take significant action to protect our nation’s rare and remarkable fauna and flora. The Coalition has made the protection of threatened species a major environmental priority. Since coming into government, we have taken major steps to protect our threatened species, including: –…
E&OE…. Topics: EPBC Act amendments, Syrian humanitarian crisis, Australian economy and budget RAFAEL EPSTEIN:Mr Hunt good afternoon. GREG HUNT:Good afternoon Raf. RAFAEL EPSTEIN:Can I start with – you worried about Alan Jones lining up against you? He did a lot of damage in Queensland. GREG HUNT:Look I respect everybody's views and everybody's arguments but I…
E&OE…. Topics: Threatened Species Day, Syrian humanitarian crisis GREG HUNT: Thanks very much to Larissa, Lisa and Trent and to everybody who is here. These beautiful but vulnerable Australian creatures bring everybody together. Recently, we held Australia’s first true Threatened Species Summit and out of that Threatened Species Summit came the Threatened Species Strategy –…