E&OE…. Topics: Great Barrier Reef, CSIRO, Sydney light rail MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: For more on the funding of Great Barrier Reef protection programs, I was joined earlier by the Federal Environment Minister, Greg Hunt. Well Greg Hunt, as we heard the Barrier Reef Water Resource Taskforce has recommended a figure that needs to be spent over…
E&OE…. Topics: Great Barrier Reef, coral bleaching CHRIS BATH: Environment Minister Greg Hunt has spent the day in Far North Queensland talking to the community, tourism operators, farmers and scientists about the Great Barrier Reef. He flew there to personally inspect the latest coral bleaching event, and he joins us on the line now. Minister,…
The Australian Government is providing up to $2.9 million of funding to support the $5.8 million project by Victorian company RayGen. RayGen’s technology relies on low-cost mirrors to track and reflect the sun onto an ultra-efficient solar PV receiver at the top of a central tower. The potential for RayGen’s groundbreaking technology extends well beyond…
Secretary-General, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. Climate change is real, significant and important. It is one of the great modern challenges for the world. The Paris Agreement is therefore a profoundly important milestone. It is a turning point in the transition to a lower emissions economy. It builds on the landmark Dubai Pathway under the Montreal…
E&OE…. Topics: Paris Climate Change Agreement GREG HUNT: Look, I'm really delighted that Australia's been able to not only just sign on to the Paris Agreement, but we have committed to the process of beginning ratification immediately and to seek to ratify and complete that process this year. That puts Australia really right in the…
E&OE…. Topics: Paris Climate Change Agreement, Great Barrier Reef MIRIAM COROWA: Australia is one of more than 170 countries signing the agreement in the largest one day signing of an international deal in UN history. Environment Minister Greg Hunt joins us now from New York. Thank you for joining us Minister. GREG HUNT: Pleasure. MIRIAM…
The Turnbull Government is funding a project to train ‘toad-smart’ quolls which will be highly beneficial in re-establishing a population of quolls in southern Kakadu and helping the species recover. Ten ‘toad-smart’ quolls will be released in Kakadu’s Mary River District this week and up to 30 in 2016 as part of a three-year expansion…
As part of Australian Heritage Week, I am delighted to announce that the Royal Australian Mint will be added to the Commonwealth Heritage List. The Royal Australian Mint is Australia’s sole producer of circulating currency and being added to the Commonwealth Heritage List recognises the Mint’s significant role in the development of our nation. The…
E&OE…. Topics: CSIRO, Great Barrier Reef, Paris Agreement TONY JONES: First we're joined by the Environment Minister, Greg Hunt. Later tonight he'll hop on a plane to New York to sign the historic Paris climate agreement. He joins us now in Melbourne. Thanks for being there. GREG HUNT: Pleasure, Tony. TONY JONES: Now does the…
E&OE…. Topics: Great Barrier Reef, coral bleaching GREG HUNT: It's absolutely clear that there is a severe coral bleaching event occurring not just in the Great Barrier Reef but throughout many parts of the Pacific. We took steps early to warn of the risk. There were some who said that the worst had passed. We…