E&OE…. Topics: Australian Antarctic Strategy, CSIRO LOUISE SAUNDERS: With me is the Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt. Minister, good afternoon. GREG HUNT: Hello Louise, and hello Tasmania. It's just an absolute pleasure to be here. LOUISE SAUNDERS: It's also good weather too, so let's enjoy that while we still have it, before we move into…
E&OE…. Topics: Labor’s new electricity tax, Australian Antarctic Strategy DAVID SPEERS: Greg Hunt, thank you very much for your time. Now, Labor has announced its plans to tackle climate change through an emissions trading scheme that will phase in, in steps. Are you being honest with voters when you say this is an electricity tax…
E&OE…. Topics: Labor’s new electricity tax, Great Barrier Reef EMMA GRIFFITHS: Now, the Federal Environment Minister is Greg Hunt. Hello Minister. GREG HUNT: And hello Emma. EMMA GRIFFITHS: So you heard Mark Butler there saying that this does not amount to another tax, and that what we've heard from the Prime Minister today and seen…
E&OE…. Topics: Labor’s new electricity tax TOM ELLIOTT: Mr Hunt, good afternoon. GREG HUNT: And good afternoon Tom. You were actually correct, Julia Gillard was replaced by Bill Shorten, but just with Kevin Rudd – he swapped the prime ministers around under his watch, so there you go. TOM ELLIOTT: Oh yes, because he's the…
The Turnbull Government is investing an extra $50 million in new projects to improve the health and resilience of the Great Barrier Reef, bringing new investment to a total of $61 million over the last 4 days. Minister for the Environment, Greg Hunt, said this latest investment under Phase Three of the Reef Trust will…
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…