15 March 2016 – Professor The Hon Greg Hunt

Future is bright for renewables jobs in Australia

Media Releases, Portfolio MediaBy Greg Hunt 15 March 2016

Contrary to the rhetoric from Bill Shorten, figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics today show the future is bright for jobs in the renewables industry. Since 2011-12, there has been significant growth in many areas of the industry (to 2014-15): Large scale solar PV jobs are up 1560 per cent (from 50 to…

ABC AM – Interview with Michael Brissinden

Portfolio Media, TranscriptsBy Greg Hunt 15 March 2016

E&OE…. Topics: Great Barrier Reef, coral bleaching, climate change, CSIRO MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: Minister, welcome to the program. GREG HUNT: Good morning. MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: This is pretty stark confirmation of what's happening in the world, isn't it? Are we all acting fast enough, and is Australia doing enough? GREG HUNT: Look I think the world has…