JOINT MEDIA RELEASE WITH HON IAN MACFARLANE MP, MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY The Australian Government is committed to renewable energy and a Renewable Energy Target that represents a real 20 per cent of electricity production in Australia, as was the original bipartisan intent. The Government will begin good faith negotiations with the Labor Party today in…
Scrapping the carbon tax has delivered Australian families and businesses the biggest drop in electricity prices on record. Today the ABS released the Consumer Price Index for the September Quarter 2014 — the first outcome since the Coalition scrapped Labor’s damaging carbon tax. Electricity prices had the largest fall since 1980 (when the CPI electricity…
E&OE…. Topics: Mathias Cormann’s comments, Newspoll, passing of Gough Whitlam MARK PARTON: Greg’s on the line right now. G’day Greg. GREG HUNT: And good morning. Now I hear a rumour that you may have won an award on the weekend? MARK PARTON: I did. Yes I did. GREG HUNT: Best talk presenter and as…
Melbourne’s much-loved Yarra River will benefit from $1 million over 4 years with Federal Government funding to help improve the health of this important waterway. Providing funding to improve the health of the Yarra was a key Coalition election commitment. And as Melburnians gather today to ‘Love the Yarra’, I am proud to announce that…
Koo Wee Rup’s Avenue of Honour will be enhanced in time for the Centenary of Anzac commemorations next year thanks to an $11,750 Commonwealth government grant. “I am delighted to formally present this Anzac Centenary grant to the Koo Wee Rup RSL Sub-branch for the creation of a WWI Honour Wall and installation of plaques…
Flinders MP Greg Hunt MP visited Newhaven College on Thursday following an invitation from the school to see the progression of building works at the school’s Phillip Island Road campus. Mr Hunt took a tour of the school to see works progressing on the College’s new Trades Skills Centre, which was built with $1.5million in…
Former Resources Minister and senior Labor figure, Martin Ferguson, has backed the Coalition’s One-Stop Shop reform and is calling on Labor and the crossbench to give their support. In an article in The Australian today, Mr Ferguson said that the One-Stop Shop reform is a priority for Australia and slammed opposition to the plans to…
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE WITH MR ROWAN RAMSEY MP, FEDERAL MEMBER FOR GREY Today the Australian Government placed the Nullarbor Plain’s Koonalda Cave on the National Heritage List in recognition of its rare Aboriginal archaeology and heritage. “I am delighted that Koonalda Cave has been given Australia’s highest heritage honour,” Mr Hunt said. “Aboriginal people have…
E&OE…. Topics: Emissions Reduction Fund, G20, Joe Hockey’s comments on Australia’s emissions KIERAN GILBERT: First though, I began by asking the Environment Minister about the Direct Action plan and the Government’s Emissions Reduction Fund – where it’s at and where to over the next twelve to eighteen months. GREG HUNT: Sure. We’ve already passed…
The Australian Government has released three more draft Emissions Reduction Fund methods for public consultation. The Emissions Reduction Fund is the centrepiece of the Australian Government’s efforts to tackle climate change. It’s a cost¬ effective, practical and simple approach to reduce our national emissions without a multi-billion dollar carbon tax. Emissions reduction methods set out…